Jacques Renouvin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacques Renouvin

French resistance member

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1905

Place of Birth: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1944

Profession: lawyer, resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jacques Renouvin

  • Jacques Renouvin (6 October 1905 – 24 January 1944) was a royalist militant in France during the Second World War and hero of the French resistance. Born in Paris, Renouvin studied law and initially became a lawyer.
  • He initially supported Action française, but left after 6 February 1934.
  • In November 1938 after the Munich agreement, he garnered attention by publicly slapping Pierre-Étienne Flandin, who had sent a congratulatory telegram to Adolf Hitler.
  • Renouvin was mobilised in 1939, and he was a volunteer for the corps francs.
  • He fought a brilliant campaign, being wounded and taken prisoner.
  • He escaped from the hospital to which he had been brought. After demobilisation, he moved to the free zone in late 1940, and joined the underground movement Liberté created by a small group of Christian democrat teachers.
  • Specifically responsible for propaganda, he organised youth commandos in pursuit of this.
  • After the merger between Liberté and Les Petites Ailes which gave rise to Combat, Henri Frenay put Renouvin in charge of organising Groupes francs throughout the free zone.
  • This position made him one of the most wanted resistance members by all the police. Renouvin was arrested on the 29 January 1943 by the Gestapo at Brive-la-Gaillarde railway station, along with Mireille Tronchon whom he had married while in hiding.
  • He was transferred to Fresnes Prison and tortured for several months before being deported to Germany on the 29 August 1943.
  • Interned in Mauthausen concentration camp, he died of exhaustion on 24 January 1944. He had a son, Bertrand Renouvin, from his marriage to Mireille Tronchon; Bertrand was born on 15 June 1943 while his mother was still being held in La Santé prison. A 20 centimes postage stamp was issued in 1961 in Renouvin's memory.

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