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Jean-Pierre Lévy

French WWII Resistance leader (1911-1996) · France · On the map · Business Professionals · Died at 85

Jean-Pierre Lévy was a French Jewish industrialist and Second World War resistance leader. He worked in the textile industry before being called up as a reserve officer ahead of the war. After the fall of France Lévy joined the resistance and in 1941 co-founded the Franc-Tireur movement.

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Awards

Resistance Medal1947
Companion of the Liberation1943
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Military Cross
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance
Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit

About this person

He led the organisation and edited its newspaper. After meeting with Jean Moulin he agreed to help co-ordinate resistance movements in France and went on to join the directorate of the Mouvements unis de la Résistance (MUR). Lévy left France in April 1943 to meet resistance leaders and Charles de Gaulle in London and Algiers. He returned in July and was arrested in October. Lévy was freed by a MUR raid and joined the National Council of the Resistance. He was present at the August 1944 liberation of Paris.

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Country
France
Category
Business Professionals
Type
Business Professional
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1996 · aged 85