Jacques Renouvin

In November 1938 after the Munich agreement, he garnered attention by publicly slapping Pierre-Étienne Flandin, who'd sent a congratulatory telegram to Adolf Hitler.

After demobilisation, he moved to the free zone in late 1940, and joined the underground movement Liberté created by a small group of Christian democrat teachers.

After the merger between Liberté and Les Petites Ailes which gave rise to Combat, Henri Frenay put Renouvin in charge of organising Groupes francs throughout the free zone.

Renouvin was arrested on the 29 January 1943 by the Gestapo at Brive-la-Gaillarde railway station, along with Mireille Tronchon whom he had married while in hiding.

He was transferred to Fresnes Prison and tortured for several months before being deported to Germany on the 29 August 1943.