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André Devigny (25 May 1916 – 12 February 1999) was a French soldier and member of the Résistance. Biography. Devigny was a schoolteacher who joined the French Army just before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
André Devigny, né le 25 mai 1916 à Habère-Lullin (Haute-Savoie) et mort le 12 février 1999 à Rumilly, est un général et résistant français, compagnon de la Libération et grand officier de la Légion d'honneur.
Feb 27, 1999 · Gen. Andre Devigny, a legendary figure in the French Resistance for his escape from the Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie's prison in German-occupied Lyons during World War II, has died at his home in...
Apr 4, 2013 · Bresson and André Devigny, the real-life former prisoner of war on whose experiences A Man Escaped was based, had differing ideas of what type of actor should be cast in the role of Fontaine.
Feb 25, 1999 · In April 1943 Andre Devigny was arrested by the Germans and taken to Lyons where he was imprisoned in Fort Montluc. There he was tortured by the infamous Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie, and his...
Oct 22, 2020 · André Devigny, a real-world Houdini. Devigny was one of the leaders of the Réseau Gilbert, an intelligence network that helped refugees escape occupied France, gathered intelligence for the Allies, and sabotaged German installations and material as the opportunity arose.
Mar 18, 2012 · Based on the memoirs of André Devigny, who escaped from Fort Montlucin Lyonin 1943, during World War II, A Man Escaped tells the story of Fontaine (François Leterrier), a member of the French Resistance who is imprisoned by the Nazis in Montluc prison after an unsuccessful escape attempt.
