Louis Escallier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Escallier

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1883

Place of Birth: Malesherbes, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1965

Profession: businessperson, banker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Louis Escallier (11 January 1883 – 11 July 1965) was a French businessman.
He was a financial inspector and then the governor of the Bank of Algeria from 1934 to 1946, chairman of Crédit Lyonnais from 1946 to 1949, and then the third Chair of Électricité de France from 1949 to 1952.Escallier was one of the senior financial officials arrested in August 1943 and detained in Germany.
He was deported in 13 August 1943 from Compiègne to the Buchenwald concentration camp as a "Personnalité-otage" – hostage-personality.
On 31 August, Escallier was transferred to the Plansee subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp.