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Raymond Aubrac, Jean Moulin and History

Son of a history professor
Rapidly ascended Civil Service to become France’s youngest prefect (regional administrator)
Extreme left-wing politics
Arrested in June 1940 by Gestapo and tortured
Dismissed by Vichy government for refusing to sack all elected officials with left-wing views
Smuggled out of France in 1941 to meet De Gaulle in London
Parachuted back to France in Jan 1942 to organise Resistance movement
Betrayed in June 1943, tortured and died