Member of the French resistance during the second world war arrested and tortured for her dramatic act of revolt
On a bright Sunday morning in occupied Paris, 23 July 1943, a German soldier was standing at the Pont de Solférino, watching the river go by. Suddenly, a young woman on a bicycle approached him, took out a revolver, and shot him twice in the head.
Cycling away, she was spotted by the head of the collaborationists of Versailles, who drove his car into her, knocking her over, then handcuffed her and took her to the Gestapo offices in Rue des Saussaies, where he handed her over and collected his bounty for arresting a “terrorist”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/01/madeleine-riffaud-obituary
Author : Robert Gildea
Publish date : 2024-12-01 12:39:51
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