Paul Paillole [SEP] date of birth
Paul Paillole
Former French secret service chief Paul Paillole was born in the Breton town of Rennes on 18 November 1905. He died on 15 October 2002 in the Bichat hospital in Paris. He is remembered essentially for his role organizing the arrest of German intelligence agents in France after the defeat of 1940 but his activity during this period has been the subject of controversy.
Background.
Paillole’s father died in action in 1918 during the First World War. This personal loss seems to have instilled in Paillole a strong sense
Gustave Bertrand, "Enigma ou la plus grande enigme de la guerre 1939-1945" (Enigma: the Greatest Enigma of the War of 1939-1945), Paris, Librairie Plon, 1973.
- Paul Paillole, "The Spy in Hitler's Inner Circle" (English translation of "Notre Espion chez Hitler"), Oxford, Casemate UK, 2016.
- Paul Paillole, "Notre espion chez Hitler", Paris, Editions Robert Laffont, 1985.
- Władysław Kozaczuk, "Enigma: