Pierre Georges

Male, Deceased Person

1919 – 1944

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Who was Pierre Georges?

Pierre Georges, better known as Colonel Fabien, was one of the two members of the French Communist Party who perpetrated the first assassinations of German personnel during the Occupation of France during the Second World War.

Born to a baker's family, Georges fought for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War until the end of the International Brigades in 1939.

In 1940, he joined the French Resistance in the Franc Tireurs Partisans, at the time still largely operating by sabotageing German equipment in France. In 1943, he was captured and tortured but escaped.

Pierre Georges was killed in Alsace while he was manipulating a landmine.

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Born
Jan 21, 1919
Paris
Died
Dec 27, 1944
Habsheim

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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