Source: National Archives & Historic Records of France
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Raymond Aubrac 🇫🇷

Raymond Samuel (dit Aubrac) (Known as "Raymond Aubrac")
Civil Engineer, Top Resistance Leader, Co-Founder of Libération-Sud, Escaped Caluire
Born Jul 31, 1914 🇫🇷 Vesoul (Haute-Saône), France
Passed Away Apr 10, 2012 Paris (Val-de-Grâce Hospital), France
Lifespan 97 years old
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Archival Overview

Heroic French civil engineer and top internal resistance leader who co-founded Libération-Sud with his wife Lucie Aubrac, was arrested with Jean Moulin at Caluire, and escaped in a daring armed rescue.

Biographical Record

Educated at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and MIT, Aubrac joined the underground resistance in Lyon in 1940. Alongside Lucie, Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, and Jean Cavaillès, he founded Libération-Sud and directed the paramilitary Armée Secrète in the southern zone.

On June 21, 1943, Aubrac was arrested by Klaus Barbie at Doctor Dugoujon's villa in Caluire alongside Jean Moulin. Sentenced to death, he was rescued in October 1943 in Lyon during a breathtaking daylight ambush led by his pregnant wife Lucie on a German prison truck. In 1944, General de Gaulle appointed him Commissaire de la République for liberated Marseille.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Salernes Communal Cemetery (Alongside his wife Lucie Aubrac)
Salernes (Var), France
GPS: 43.5667, 6.2333
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