 Despite these divisions, the "Comité de vigilance", as it was popularly known, remained an important moment of the history of antifascism and of the left-wing in France.It had an important role in unifying the various perspectives from the parties that composed the Popular Front (Radical-Socialist Party, SFIO and PCF), and it created a lasting antifascism political tradition, which doubtlessly had its shares in the creation of the French Resistance.Paul Rivet, for example, would be a member of the Resistant "Groupe du musée de l'Homme" (musée de l'Homme group).