page_title: Arpiar Aslanian
section_title: Life in France
hierarchical_section_title: Arpiar Aslanian / Life in France
caption_attribution_description: English: Louisa and Arpiar Aslanians
context_page_description: Arpiar Aslanian was a French anti-fascist of Armenian descent, communist, husband of the writer Louise Aslanian, and a prominent figure in the French Resistance.
context_section_description: In 1923, the couple moved to Paris, taking with them Mania and Arshaluys (Louise's mother and sister, respectively). In Paris Louise wanted to continue her musical education playing piano. In order to let her do that, Aslanian, an educated lawyer, who is unable to practice in a foreign country, becomes a general laborer.
  In 1940 Aslanian joins the French Communist Party.
caption: Louise and Arpiar Aslanians in France
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