Jacques Bingen

Jacques Bingen (16 March 1908 – 12 May 1944) was a high-ranking member of the French Resistance during World War II who, when captured by the Gestapo, chose to commit suicide rather than risk divulging what he knew under torture.

He resigned on 1 October 1941 and signed up with the Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action, the Free French intelligence service, in 1942.

[1]: 279  Pierre Brossolette was sent to France to help settle the unresolved issues after Moulin's death, but he was opposed by both Bingen and Bouchinet-Serreulles.

Bouchinet-Serreulles was recalled, having been undermined by Brossolette supporter André Dewavrin, departing France on 3 March 1944; this left Bingen in charge of the General Delegation of the French Committee of National Liberation.

[citation needed] On 12 May, Bingen was betrayed by Belgian double agent Alfred Dormal and captured at Clermont-Ferrand.