Daniel Decourdemanche; better known as Jacques Decour.

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• Jacques Decour - real name: Daniel Decourdemanche.
  
• Born 21st February 1910 in Paris.
  
• Died  30th May 1942  in Fort Mont-Valérien.
  
• He was a French writer.
  
• Killed by the Nazis.
  
• He studied at Carnot and Pasteur school in Paris.
  
• Had a degree in German literature.
  
• In 1932, he was named professor of French in Prussia at a school in Magdeburg.
  
• He wrote a book called 'Philisterburg' which caused scandal in France.
  
• He then moved to a school in Reims and joined a movement of young Communists.
  
• He then moved to Tours and joined the Communist Party.
  
• In 1937, he became professor of German in Paris at the lycée Rollin.
  
•  Due to demobilisation, he joined the resistance.
  
•  He created the magazines L'université libre in 1940 and La Pensée libre in 1941 which became the most important publications in occupied France.
  
• He was arrested by French police on 17 February 1942.
  
• Taken by the Germans, he was killed on 30 May 1942.
  
• Resigned to his forthcoming death, he expressed the confidence of his youth, and hoped that his sacrifice would not have been in vain.