"Vapanduki" vokutanga kuhurumende itsva vakanga vari boka ravadzidzi vechikoro chepamusoro cheLycée de Nice, zvino yava Lycée de Nice, muna September 1940, gare gare vakasungwa uye vakaurayiwa muna 1944 pedyo neCastellane. Kuratidzira kworuzhinji kwokutanga kwakaitika musi wa 14 July 1942 apo mazana anoverengeka evapanduki akabuda mumigwagwa pedyo neAvenue de la Victoire uye muPlace Masséna. Muna November 1942 mauto eGermany akapinda muchikamu chikuru cheFrance chisina kubatwa, asi mauto eItaly akapinda munharaunda duku kusanganisira Nice. Kusanzwisisana kwakati kwakaramba kuripo pakati pavanhu, vazhinji vavo vakanga vachangobva kutamira kune imwe nyika vane madzitateguru echiItaly. Zvisinei, kurwisa kwacho kwakava nesimba pashure pokunge Italy yakundwa muna 1943 apo uto reGermany rakapamba yaimbova nharaunda yeItaly. Kutsiva kwakawedzera pakati paDecember 1943 naJuly 1944, apo vatsigiri vazhinji vakatambudzwa ndokuurawa neGestapo yomunzvimbomo neMilice yeFrance. Nice yakarwiswawo zvine simba nendege dzeAmerica pakugadzirira kuti maAllies asvike muProvence
(1000 vakafa kana kuti vakakuvadzwa uye vanhu vanopfuura 5600 vasina pokugara) uye nzara yakatevera mukati mezhizha ra1944.