Eugène Pons
Member of the French Resistance / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eugène Pons, born in Saint-Étienne on May 15, 1886, and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp on February 24, 1945, was a Catholic figure from Lyon, and a French printer and Resistance fighter who specialized in printing underground newspapers. From 1940 to 1944, at his printing works on rue de la Vieille-Monnaie, he was responsible for printing Resistance newspapers, Témoignage chrétien, Combat, La Marseillaise and Franc-tireur. He was also responsible for the 25,000 copies of Le Faux Nouvelliste on December 31, 1943. Defending one of his print shop employees, he was arrested in May 1944 and deported to Neuengamme, where he died of exhaustion in 1945.
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Born | Eugène Flavien Pons May 5, 1886. |
Died | February 24, 1945. |
Nationality | French |
Other names | Papa Pons, La Source, Pilate |
Occupation(s) | Printer, resistant of French resistance |
Organization(s) | 371st Infantry Regiment, France Young Republic League |
Movement | Macedonian front (1916-1918) World War II |
Children | Marcel Pons |
Awards | Legion of Honour (1945)
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (1945) Resistance Medal |
Imprisoned at | Montluc prison (1944) Neuengamme concentration camp (1944-1945) |
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