Pierre Brossolette

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Pierre Brossolette was a prominent French journalist, socialist politician, and leading figure of the French Resistance during World War II who became a symbol of anti-Nazi resistance and sacrifice.

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Pierre Brossolette canonical 5

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instanceOf French Resistance member
human
journalist
politician
socialist
arrestedBy Gestapo
buriedAt Panthéon, Paris
causeOfDeath injuries sustained while in Gestapo custody
suicide
commemoratedBy inscription on the Mémorial de la France combattante at Mont-Valérien
numerous streets and schools named after him in France
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1903-06-25
dateOfDeath 1944-03-22
educatedAt Sorbonne University
École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École normale supérieure
familyName Brossolette
fieldOfWork French Resistance
journalism
politics
fullName Pierre Brossolette self-link
givenName Pierre
hasChild Anne Brossolette
Claude Brossolette NERFINISHED
honor Compagnon de la Libération
Croix de Guerre
surface form: Croix de guerre 1939–1945

Medal of the Resistance
mannerOfDeath suicide to avoid revealing information under torture
memberOf French Section of the Workers' International
SFIO
nationality French
notableFor symbol of French anti-Nazi resistance and sacrifice
notableRole leader in the French Resistance
liaison between internal Resistance and Free French authorities
notableWork broadcasts for the BBC to occupied France
occupation journalist
politician
radio commentator
resistance fighter
opposedTo Nazi Germany
French State (Vichy regime)
surface form: Vichy regime
panthéonisationDate 2015-05-27
participatedIn French Resistance
World War II
placeOfBirth France
Paris
placeOfDeath France
Paris
politicalAlignment socialism
spouse Gilberte Brossolette
torturedBy Gestapo

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Compagnon de la Libération notableRecipient Pierre Brossolette
French Resistance notableMember Pierre Brossolette
Order of Liberation notableRecipient Pierre Brossolette
Pierre Brossolette fullName Pierre Brossolette self-link
Croix de la Libération notableRecipient Pierre Brossolette