Léo Hamon
Léo Hamon · Heroes of Israel
Resistance leader who negotiated the truce that spared Paris from destruction in August 1944, later a French minister.
12 January 1908, Paris, France — 27 October 1993, Paris, France
Paris, France
Léo Hamon is recognized among Israeli contributors to Heroes of Israel — Resistance leader who negotiated the truce that spared Paris from destruction in August 1944, later a French minister.
Born Lew Goldenberg to Russian Jewish exiles in Paris, Léo Hamon was a barrister at twenty-two. In the Occupation he wrote for the underground paper Combat, ran its workers' section around Toulouse, then joined Ceux de la Résistance; in February 1944 his group destroyed the forced-labour register at the Ministry of Labour. In August 1944 he led the assault on the Paris city hall, and as vice-president of the Parisian Liberation Committee he was the architect of the truce brokered through the Swedish consul Raoul Nordling — the agreement that kept Paris from burning.
A decree of November 1945 allowed him to keep as his legal name the alias he had fought under. He later taught constitutional law, sat in parliament and served as French government spokesman from 1969 to 1972.
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Resistance leader who negotiated the truce that spared Paris from destruction in August 1944, later a French minister.
Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Hamon
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