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Edmond Michelet
Edmond Michelet (8 October 1899, in Paris – 9 October 1970, in Brive) was a French politician.
On 17 June 1940, he distributed tracts calling to continue the war in all Brive-la-Gaillarde's mailboxes. It is considered to be the first act of resistance of World War II in France, one day before Charles de Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June.
He helped many victims of the Nazis in occupied France, including Catholic philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand. In 1943 he
zone north, double agent of the Abwehr
- Philippe Monod, member of the delegation of Combat to Switzerland
- Jean-Paul Lien
- Marcel Peck, regional chief of R1
- Marcel Degliame
- André Plaisantin, regional chief of R1
- Joseph-Paul Rambaud, former senator for l'Ariège
- Julien Freud
- Antoinette Feuerwerker, educator and jurist, wife of David Feuerwerker, with Edmond Michelet
- David Feuerwerker, rabbi of Brive (Corrèze, Creuse, Lot), with Edmond Michelet