One of four last French resistance heroes dies at 100

9 September 2020, 9:19 pm

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One of the last surviving heroes of the French resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II, Edgard Tupet-Thome, has died aged 100, leaving just three others still alive out of over 1,000 who were given the highest bravery order by Charles de Gaulle, officials said Wednesday.

The death of Tupet-Thome was announced on Twitter by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, who expresses “profound sadness” over his death.

This leaves just three people — Daniel Cordier, Hubert Germain and Pierre Simonet — still alive out of 1,038 decorated with the Order of the Liberation for their heroism by resistance leader and later president de Gaulle.

— AFP