Georges Blind the smiling resistance fighter.

Georges Blind was a fireman from Belfort, France who was arrested for being a member of the resistance. After the Gestapo failed to make him talk he was placed in front of a mock firing squad and told if he refused to provide information he would be shot – his response was to smile at his executioners.

After this failed he was deported to a concentration camp and is thought to have been executed in late November 1944.

Alan Malcher

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Author: Alan Malcher

Military historian and defence commentator

2 thoughts on “Georges Blind the smiling resistance fighter.”

  1. Thank you, Alan for your hard work in bringing up the SOE and Resistance. We are in a generation completely ignorant of the past. Your work helps bring these events into the present.

    Sincerely,

    Dr. Gail H. Nelson, Ph.D. German & Soviet Studies University of Colorado 72/79 Chateauroux American High School (1958-1962) ________________________________

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