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Aug 23, 2016 · The principle of refusal—le refus, in French—that would define Lucie’s life developed early, according to Siân Rees, author of the recently published “Lucie Aubrac: The French Resistance ...
- Sarah Pruitt
Aubrac, Lucie (1912—)French Resistance leader during World War II who helped found the powerful Libération Sud and was responsible for numerous escapes. Name variations: Lucie Bernard, Lucie Samuel. Born Lucie Bernard in the Mâcon area of Burgundy, France, on June 29, 1912; daughter of winegrowers; attended the Sorbonne, 1931–38; married ...
February 1997, that the so-called "Aubrac affair" burst into the French press, where it occupied considerable attention for over six months and beyond. Raymond and Lucie Aubrac, who enjoyed national and inter-national fame as heroes of the Resistance, were suddenly placed under suspicion of having betrayed their comrades, and in particular the Re-
- Sarah Roller
- Marie-Madeleine Fourcade. Born in Marseille and educated in Shanghai, Fourcade met a former French military intelligence officer, codenamed Navarre, in 1936 and was recruited by him in 1939 to work for a network of spies, later known as the ‘Alliance’.
- Lucie Aubrac. Born in 1912, Lucie Aubrac was a brilliant history teacher and committed supporter of communism. She and her husband Raymond were some of the first members of the French Resistance, forming a group called La Dernière Colonne, better known as Libération-sud.
- Josephine Baker. Better known as an iconic entertainer of the Roaring Twenties, Baker was living in Paris at the outbreak of war in 1939. She was quickly recruited by the Deuxième Bureau as an ‘honourable correspondent’, gathering intelligence, information and contacts at parties and events she attended.
- Rose Valland. Valland was a respected art historian: in 1932, she began working in the curatorial department of the Jeu de Paume in Paris. In 1941, following the German occupation of France, the Jeu de Paume became a central storage and sorting depot for artworks looted by the Nazis from assorted public and private art collections.
Lucie Samuel (29 June 1912 – 14 March 2007), born Bernard and known as Lucie Aubrac (French pronunciation: [lysi obʁak] ⓘ), was a member of the French Resistance in World War II. [1] A history teacher by occupation, she earned a history agrégation in 1938, a highly uncommon achievement for a woman at that time.
Lucie Samuel, born Bernard and known as Lucie Aubrac, was a member of the French Resistance in World War II. A history teacher by occupation, she earned a history agrégation in 1938, a highly uncommon achievement for a woman at that time. In 1939 she married Raymond Samuel, who took the name Aubrac in the Resistance. She was active on a number of operations, including prison breakouts. Like ...
resister and history teacher Lucie Aubrac penned a short synthesis in a collection proudly entitled ‘“Mises au point” (Clarification): The Resistance. Birth and Organization’.4 Here she painted a general picture, which despite a few inevitable inaccuracies came across as both authentic and inspiring.
