Jean-Pierre Timbaud
Jean-Pierre Timbaud (born September 29, 1904 in Payzac (Dordogne) , † October 22, 1941 in Châteaubriant ) was a trained metalworker and secretary of the French communist trade union CGT . During the Second World War he joined the Resistance and secretly continued union work.
On October 22, 1941, he was shot together with 26 other hostages by the German occupiers of France in an internment camp near Châteaubriant in retaliation for the murder of a German officer in Nantes .
In Paris , Limoges , and some other French towns, one street is called Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud .
On October 27, 1980 in Frankfurt (Oder) the 21st Polytechnic Oberschule (later the 8th comprehensive school) received the name of the French resistance fighter. In addition, today's Fredersdorfer Strasse in Berlin was named Timbaudstrasse for a short time (1989 to 1991) .
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| SURNAME | Timbaud, Jean-Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French resistance fighter and union official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Payzac (Dordogne) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1941 |
| Place of death | Châteaubriant |