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Rol-Tanguy, Henri, 1908-2002

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Personal name headingRol-Tanguy, Henri, 1908-2002
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Variant(s)Rol, colonel (Henri), 1908-2002
Rol-Tanguy, colonel (Henri), 1908-2002
Rol-Tanguy, Henri, 1908-
Tanguy, Georges René Henri, 1908-2002
Tanguy, Henri Rol-, 1908-2002
Associated countryFrance
Birth date1908-06-12
Death date2002-09-08
Place of birthMorlaix (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityCommunism World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements Armed forces--Administration
Profession or occupationCommunists
Resistance movements, War--Officers
France. Armée--Officers
Found inLibération de Paris, c1994: t.p. (colonel Rol-Tanguy) p. facing t.p. (Henri Rol-Tanguy; b. 1908) p. 67, etc. (Tanguy, Georges René; Tanguy, Georges René Henri)
Bourderon, Roger. Rol-Tanguy, c2004: p. 4 of cover (Henri Tanguy (1908-2002); commanded the Résistance in Paris in 1944; Communist)
Alberto Giacometti : portrait d'un héros, hommage à Rol-Tanguy, 2018: p. 123 (Henri Rol-Tanguy; Georges René Henri Tanguy; b. Morlaix, June 12, 1908) p. 128 (d. Paris, Sept. 8, 2002)
Wikipedia, Sept. 26, 2019 (Henri Rol-Tanguy; Henri Tanguy; b. Morlaix, June 12, 1908; d. Paris, Sept. 8, 2002; joined the Young Communists, 1925; fought for the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War as a member of the International Brigades; conscripted into the French Army at the outbreak of WWII; after the surrender became a leader of the communist resistance in Paris; adopted the nome de guerre "Colonel Rol"; after the war added his wartime pseudonym to his official surname to become Rol-Tanguy; served in the French Army until 1962; served on the Central Committee of the French Communist Party, 1962-1987)
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