FRANCE Malraux, Andre

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Malraux ​

• FORENAME

Andre ​

• UNIT

Resistance ​

• RANK

Civilian ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Medaille de la Resistance,Croix de Guerre,Distinguished Service Order (GB) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 3.11.1901 Paris​

novelist and adventurer​

served Spanish Civil War (Escuadrilla Espana)​

a tank regiment 1940​

POW June 1940​

escaped to Cote d'Azur​

Resistance​

R.5 District Commander,Forces Francaises Interieurs 1944​

alias Colonel Berger​

Minister for Information 1945-46​

Minister of State 1958-59​

Minister of Cultural Affairs 1959-69​

married Clara Goldschmidt 1922 (divorced 1940s) (1 daughter Florence)​

married Josette Clotis 1940s (died 1944) (2 sons both died 1961)​

married Marie-Madeleine Lioux 1948 (separated 1966)​

died 23.11.1976 Creteil,near Paris​

buried Verrieres-le-Buisson (Essonne) Cemetery ​

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