Pierre Brossolette

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Pierre Brossolette

French journalist

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Born:: Jan. 12, 1903, Paris, France

Died:: March 22, 1944, Paris (aged 41)

Founder:: National Resistance Council

Role In:: World War II; Resistance

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Pierre Brossolette (born Jan. 12, 1903, Paris, France—died March 22, 1944, Paris) was a leading member of the French Resistance during the German occupation in World War II. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure and an ardent socialist, Brossolette was an influential journalist who served under Premier Léon Blum as chief political commentator for the state radio network. An outspoken critic of appeasement policies and of Premier Édouard Daladier, he was forced from his position in 1939, but he continued his campaign in the columns of the socialist journal Le Populaire. Brossolette served in the French army in 1940, ...(100 of 224 words)

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