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    Montluc prison (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃lyk]) is a former prison located on rue Jeanne Hachette in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, France. It was known...
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  • A Man Escaped (category French prison films)
    French prison film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on a memoir by André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was held in Montluc prison during...
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    After Devigny met her, he was arrested and sent to the formidable Montluc prison, which was considered escape-proof. There he was tortured by Klaus Barbie...
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    the Nazi occupying forces intensified. According to Henri Amouroux, Montluc prison was a favoured place for the German forces to bring prisoners for execution...
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    found a radio transmitter and many papers. Bloch was imprisoned in Montluc prison, during which time his wife died. While imprisoned, he was tortured...
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    Abetz telegraphed about Bloch's arrest to Berlin. Bloch was detained in Montluc prison. As a key Resistance figure, he was interrogated and tortured daily...
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    2007, after which it has been used as a metropolitan police station. Montluc prison Dallemagne, François (2006). Les Défenses de Lyon: Enceintes et fortifications...
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    who were taken away by the Gestapo. Eugène Pons was first taken to Montluc prison, then sent to the Royallieu camp. On July 15, 1944, he was deported...
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    she and her assistant were arrested by the Gestapo and taken to the Montluc prison in Lyon. From there, she was taken to Romainville, before being shipped...
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    du Travail theatre, Municipal Library, Departmental Archives and Fort Montluc. It contains several High-rise buildings, including the Tour Incity (202 m...
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    27 November 2023. Katz 2015, p. 143. André, Marc (2022). Une prison pour mémoire Montluc, de 1944 à nos jours. Lyon: ENS Éditions. ISBN 979-10-362-0575-0...
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    provides food for thought on the situation of contemporary detention. Montluc prison, prison in Lyon also preserved. Mérimée. Base Mérimée: Ancien couvent des...
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    them. He represented Algerian resistance fighters and prisoners from Montluc prison during official ceremonies and actively spoke out about the Holocaust...
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    former cell at the Montluc prison, even if this had sparked controversy within the Association of Resistance Fighters of Montluc (ARM), as his Algerian...
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    shape until approximately 1812. In mid-August 1944, prisoners from Montluc prison were taken to Bron Airfield where 109 of them, including 72 Jews, were...
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    practice.:157 Moulin and the other Resistance leaders were sent to Montluc Prison in Lyon (but not René Hardy, who either escaped or was allowed to flee)...
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    north side of the hotel (cours de Verdun) East facade Hotels portal Montluc prison "Hôtel de voyageurs : hôtel Terminus, puis hôtel Frantour, puis Grand...
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    authorities responded with tear gas being spread. Clashes also erupted at Montluc prison, where Macron paid tribute to a leading resistance figure, Jean Moulin...
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  • on memoirs of POW André Devigny. French Resistance and Gestapo prison : Montluc Prison. 1956 United Kingdom The Man Who Never Was Ronald Neame Battle...
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    by Klaus Barbie, who tortured him for two days. He was sent to the Montluc prison, then Barbie had both prisoners transferred to Compiègne in northern...
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    initially held at Montluc prison, but was later transferred to Riom. Simonne secured accommodation where the garden adjoined the prison wall and worked...
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    rescue Basin in a train taking him to Montluc prison in Lyon. On 29 November 1942 Basin was released from Montluc prison with false provisional liberty papers...
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  • discovered by the Gestapo, leading to his arrest and imprisonment at Montluc prison. De Pury and his wife were honored as Righteous Among the Nations by...
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    André was arrested, brought back to France and incarcerated in the Montluc prison in Lyon, where he had had so many people imprisoned. He was sentenced...
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    d'interculturalité: le cas de deux lieux en cours de patrimonialisation. Montluc prison (Lyon) and the Arenc detention center (Marseille) (in French), archived...
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    and death for Tunisia. He was transferred to Lyon and imprisoned in Montluc prison on 18 November 1942 then in Fort de Vancia until Klaus Barbie decided...
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  • Devigny, a French resistance fighter during World War II, escaped Montluc Military Prison in Lyons with his cellmate in April 1943. French author Henri Charrière...
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  • (1956) – French prison drama film based on a memoir by André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was held in Montluc prison during World War...
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  • April 1944, causing heavy damage. In mid-August 1944, prisoners from Montluc prison were taken to Bron where 109 of them, including 72 Jews, were killed...
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  • June 1991. She is commemorated at the former Montluc Prison, now the Mémorial National de la Prison de Montluc. "Alice et André Vansteenberghe". lerizeplus...
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