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François Faure, alias "Paco"
12016-10-03T09:08:17-07:00Ariana Guerincce9a65d6c267d490ace4372cc28a334905015c2986313plain2016-10-17T10:36:13-07:00Mary Hellmer9543bbbc864f26c17be9a9d2ad5b4c1fb3a2b378The name "Pacot" may refer to François Faure, who operated under the alias "Paco"(1897-1982).
François Faure was born in France in 1897 and fought in World War 1 as well as in World War 2. During World War 2, he was taken as a German prisoner in 1940. While imprisoned, he heard de Gaulle’s Appel. Inspired, he managed to get back to France.
After making contact withde Gaulle and the Free French movement, he began to work to pass information from Occupied and Vichy France to England and Free France. For this work, he took on the pseudonym “Paco."
In early 1942, he began meeting with the Communist Party in France and would later pass along their message of support to De Gaulle. While continuing to pass information between the Communist Party and the Free French, he was arrested as a spy and sent to a German camp before being freed at the end of the war.
From this point forward, he lived a relatively quiet life until his death in 1982.
Letters Mentioning François Faure:
Billotte to Morton; 4/14/1942
References:
Cobb, Matthew. The Resistance: the French Fight against the Nazis. London, Pocket Books, 2010. "François Faure." Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, ....... ????.http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/les-compagnons/327/francois-faure.
12016-10-02T16:04:36-07:00Mary Hellmer9543bbbc864f26c17be9a9d2ad5b4c1fb3a2b378Historical FiguresMary Hellmer23Provides context about the people sending, receiving, and mentioned in these lettersplain2016-10-17T11:19:09-07:00Mary Hellmer9543bbbc864f26c17be9a9d2ad5b4c1fb3a2b378
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12016-10-02T16:04:36-07:00Mary Hellmer9543bbbc864f26c17be9a9d2ad5b4c1fb3a2b378Historical Figures23Provides context about the people sending, receiving, and mentioned in these lettersplain2016-10-17T11:19:09-07:00Mary Hellmer9543bbbc864f26c17be9a9d2ad5b4c1fb3a2b378