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Friday March 23, 2007

Resistance fighter dies at 94

French resistance hero Lucie Aubrac died March 14 in Paris. She was 94.

Aubrac was known for helping her husband, Raymond Samuel, escape from the Gestapo after he was arrested in June 1943 along with Jean Moulin, another high-ranking resistance member.

Aubrac and other resistance leaders freed her husband and 13 other members of the movement during a prison transfer. A history teacher, Aubrac joined the resistance against German occupation in 1940 and participated in the creation of the “South liberation” movement. After her husband’s escape, the couple fled to London, where they stayed until the end of the war.

In 1984 Aubrac published her memoirs, “Outwitting the Gestapo,” which was made into a film. She wrote another in 2000, called “Explaining the Resistance to my Grandchildren.” — jta

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