Léon Delarbre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Léon Delarbre

French painter and resistance fighter

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1889

Place of Birth: Masevaux, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 20-May-1974

Profession: painter, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Léon Delarbre

  • Léon Delarbre (1889–1974) was a painter, museum curator, and World War II resistance fighter.
  • After a career as a museum conservator and teacher in his hometown of Belfort, he joined the French resistance in 1941.
  • Arrested in 1944, he was held in a series of concentration camps where he sketched scenes from camp life.
  • These drawings have been widely used to illustrate the horrors of camp life.

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