Fernand Pauriol

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Fernand Pauriol Duval (born September 13, 1913 in Mallemort , Bouches-du-Rhône department , † August 12, 1944 in Fresnes , Val-de-Marne department ) was a French editor and one of the leaders of the Resistance .

Life

Fernand Pauriol grew up in a farming family in the lower Durance valley . He attended the nautical school in Marseille , where he was trained as a radio operator for the merchant navy.

In Limoges he became a member of the International Red Aid and in 1936 an official of the Front Populaire . His journalistic talents moved François Billoux to promote him. He set up an illegal radio station for the Communist Party (PCF) and adopted the pseudonym Duval . During the PCF's illegality, he worked closely with Jacques Duclos .

In 1942 he built a radio himself in order to establish a connection between the Resistance and the Soviet embassy in London. He also installed another radio in Paris for the Red Chapel resistance groups . After the arrests in Brussels, he also became Leopold Trepper's most important connection , especially during the time when he was playing his radio game . On August 13, 1943, Duval was arrested by the Gestapo , sentenced to death on January 19, 1944 after severe torture and shot in his cell on August 12, 1944 in Fresnes prison near Paris.

literature

  1. 1896-1939 . 2nd edition 1973.
  2. 1940-1945 . 1973.
  3. 1945-1945 . 1975.
personal data
SURNAME Pauriol, Fernand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duval
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French radio technician and resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Mallemort
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1944
Place of death Fresnes