Jacques Legrand (resistance leader), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Jacques Legrand (resistance leader)
- Jacques Legrand (born 24 October 1906 in Douai, France - died 30 June 1944 in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Mauthausen, Nazi Germany was a French chemical engineer and French Resistance leader and the founder and chief executive of the RĂ©seau Gloria.
- The RĂ©seau Gloria was in touch with the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) and with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II.
- It operated during the German occupation of France during World War II, but was infiltrated by Robert Alesch in 1942. Legrand was arrested by the Germans and deported to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria where he later died in 1944.
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