which formed in January 1943,

自卫队成立于1943年1月
which was the French equivalent of the Gestapo,

相当于法国的盖世太保
tended to be sort of down and out.

后来也就无声无息了
They were the kinds of people who in Germany joined the SS,

这些人很像在德国加入党卫军的那些人
many of them in the 1920s,

很多人在1920年代加入德国党卫军
saw it as a form of social mobility.

并成为一种社会潮流
There's a really good film called Lacombe Lucien,

有部很棒的电影《拉孔布·吕西安》
that I haven't seen in years, about somebody who--

我几年都没看过它了它讲了个人
between his ears there wasn't very much.

不是太机灵
The resistance doesn't want him because he's just kind of an idiot

抵抗组织不要他因为他是个白痴
who doesn't believe in anything.

没什么信仰的白痴
But the militia's very happy to have him,

但国民自卫队很高兴他能加入