Pierre Taittinger

Pierre Taittinger

male
Vintner, World War II political leader, Vintners, Moselle, Ier arrondissement, GermanoccupationofFrance…département in France, German Empire, liberation of paris
Pierre-Charles Taittinger was founder of the famous Taittinger champagne house and chairman of the municipal council of Paris in 1943-1944 during...
Jacqueline Auriol

Jacqueline Auriol

female, deceased (2000)
President of France, test pilot, French Resistance member, French, aviator, Légion d'honneur recipient…University of Nantes, resistance member of World War II, GermanoccupationofFrance
Jacqueline Auriol was a French aviatrix who set several world speed records. Born Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet in Challans, Vendée, the...
Harry Schell

Harry Schell

male, deceased (1960)
racecar driver, Formula One driver, killed while racing, Grand Prix motor racing, Cooper Car Company, Silverstone Circuit…GermanoccupationofFrance
Henry O'Reilly Schell (born 29 June 1921, Paris, France - died 13 May 1960, Silverstone Circuit, England) was an American Grand Prix motor racing...
Jean de Sperati

Jean de Sperati

male, deceased (1957)
Lisbon, GermanoccupationofFrance, German occupation, Fraud, Postal history, Forger
Jean de Sperati (1884-1957) was a French forger who had to expose his own stamp forgeries. In 1942, when Sperati sent a package of supposedly...

Béatrice de Camondo

female, deceased (1944)
House of Camondo, vichy france, World War I, French, Jewish French history, Nazi concentration camp victim…GermanoccupationofFrance
Béatrice de Camondo was a French socialite and a Holocaust victim. Born into the Camondo family of Paris, she was the daughter of Moïse de Ca...