On of the leaders of the French Resistance Alliance movement. He served in the French military from 1916 through the Armistice in 1940. He quickly became active in the Resistance movement and was one of the leaders the Alliance network, known as "Noah's Ark" because all the member's code names were different animal names.
In September 1943, after returning to France from his third trip to London during WWII, Commandant Faye was arrested and held in cellar cells chained to a bed. On January 3, 1945, he was transferred to the Sonnenburg prison in Poland. On January 30, the SS received orders to kills all remaining prisoners before the Russian Red Army arrived. They lined up over 800 prisoners outside. A burst of fire in the back of the necks and then burned the bodies with flamethrowers.
In his hometown of Vergt, France, at the waar memorial they have a plaque and an urn of earth from the place of his execution. There is also a plaque at the site of his birthplace.
In September 1943, after returning to France from his third trip to London during WWII, Commandant Faye was arrested and held in cellar cells chained to a bed. On January 3, 1945, he was transferred to the Sonnenburg prison in Poland. On January 30, the SS received orders to kills all remaining prisoners before the Russian Red Army arrived. They lined up over 800 prisoners outside. A burst of fire in the back of the necks and then burned the bodies with flamethrowers.
In his hometown of Vergt, France, at the waar memorial they have a plaque and an urn of earth from the place of his execution. There is also a plaque at the site of his birthplace.
On of the leaders of the French Resistance Alliance movement. He served in the French military from 1916 through the Armistice in 1940. He quickly became active in the Resistance movement and was one of the leaders the Alliance network, known as "Noah's Ark" because all the member's code names were different animal names.
In September 1943, after returning to France from his third trip to London during WWII, Commandant Faye was arrested and held in cellar cells chained to a bed. On January 3, 1945, he was transferred to the Sonnenburg prison in Poland. On January 30, the SS received orders to kills all remaining prisoners before the Russian Red Army arrived. They lined up over 800 prisoners outside. A burst of fire in the back of the necks and then burned the bodies with flamethrowers.
In his hometown of Vergt, France, at the waar memorial they have a plaque and an urn of earth from the place of his execution. There is also a plaque at the site of his birthplace.
In September 1943, after returning to France from his third trip to London during WWII, Commandant Faye was arrested and held in cellar cells chained to a bed. On January 3, 1945, he was transferred to the Sonnenburg prison in Poland. On January 30, the SS received orders to kills all remaining prisoners before the Russian Red Army arrived. They lined up over 800 prisoners outside. A burst of fire in the back of the necks and then burned the bodies with flamethrowers.
In his hometown of Vergt, France, at the waar memorial they have a plaque and an urn of earth from the place of his execution. There is also a plaque at the site of his birthplace.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
