Brigitte Friang

Brigitte Friang (born January 23, 1924 - March 6, 2011 ) was a French resistance fighter and journalist / war correspondent .

Life

Brigitte Friang studied medicine in Paris before World War II . After the occupation by the German troops, she joined the French Resistance. She jumped several times together with French parachute troops over war zones, for example during Operation Castor and the Suez Crisis . As part of her work for the Resistance , she was shot by the Gestapo on March 21, 1944 and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp . As one of 200 inmates survived the forced march from the concentration camp later Zwodau in the Dachau concentration camp .

Parachutes and petticoats . Translated by Cadel, James. London: Jarrolds. 1958.
Les Fleurs du ciel . Paris: Robert Laffont. 1955. ISBN 978-2-221-02334-1 .
La Mousson de la liberté . Vietnam, you colonialisme au stalinisme. Paris: Plon. 1976. ISBN 978-2259001663 .
Un Autre Malraux . Paris: Plon. 1977. ISBN 978-2-259-00274-5 .
Regarde-toi qui meurs 1943–1945 . Paris: France Loisirs. 1978. ISBN 9782724203820 .
Petit tour near Malraux . Paris: Félin. 2001. ISBN 978-2-86645-413-5 .

^ Matt Fratus: The Female War Reporter Who Parachuted Into Vietnam With French Commandos. coffeeordie.com on March 30, 2020.
^ Bernard B. Fall: Street Without Joy , p. 138
↑ Brigitte Friang. Der Spiegel , November 14, 1956, accessed July 10, 2020 .
↑ Danielle Hipkins: War-torn Tales: Literature, Film and Gender in the Aftermath of World War II pp. 170–171

personal data
SURNAME	Friang, Brigitte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French resistance fighter and journalist / war correspondent
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1924
DATE OF DEATH	March 6, 2011