Born Lucien Aaron in Nancy, France, this writer, educator, and activist studied at the Lycee Condorcet and the Sorbonne before beginning his career. Adopting the pen name Georges DeLaHache, he befriended Charles Peguy, the noted French poet and essayist. He published two works during the infamous Dreyfus Affair and the attendant wave of anti-Semitism, including "A Plea for the Attached."

He continued to publish books and articles, many related to the Alsace and Judaism, with his works consisting mostly of historical and art books (as well as textbooks for students).

After 1918, he became archivist the Strasburg City Archives and Secretary of the Friends of the Cathedral in that city.

Select Bibliography:

"A Plea for the Attached" pub. 1901
"A Study Tour" pub. 1904
"Voltaire" (Article) pub 1908
"Alsace-Lorraine. At Edged Green Card" Ppub 1910
"The Strasbourg Cathedral; historical and archaeological record" pub. 1910
"Bischwiller Elbeuf" (Article) pub. 1911
"Lorraine City Dies" (Article) pub. 1912
"Mulhouse, Belfort" (Article) pub. 1912
"Rivalry Between Saverne and Haguenau in 1792" (Article) pub. 1912
"Alsatians of Algeria ..." (Article) pub. 1913
"About the Insurrection of Strasbourg" (Article) pub. 1913
"The Exodus" pub. 1914
"The Jews of Alsace: Their Love for France" (unpublished, written 1918)
"A Short History Of Alsace-Lorraine" pub. 1918
"The Beginnings of the French administration in Alsace and Lorraine" pub. 1921
"Bouxwiller and French Tradition" pub. 1925
"On two lines of Alfred de Musset, three to Victor Hugo ..." (Article) pub. 1926
"An Enemy From Cardinal 'Necklace'" Contribution to "The History of the Revolution in Alsace" by Dorbon Elder Paris. (publishing date unknown).

Georges was a Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur.


Also listed as buried in the same vault/plot:

Emile Aaron
Jeanne Marks Aaron
Moyse Aaron
Sarah Esther Uhri Aaron
Andree Agathe Neuburger
Renee Ella Neuburger
Aron Lazare Uhry
Rachel Liebschutz Uhry