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2 unusual facts about Guy Môquet


Guy Môquet

After the occupation of Paris by the Germans and the installation of the Vichy government, he was denounced on 13 October 1940 and arrested at the Gare de l'Est metro station by three police officers of the French Anti-Communist Special Brigade.

On 20 October 1941, the commanding officer of the German occupation forces in Loire-Atlantique, Karl Hotz, was assassinated by three communist resisters.


Karl Hotz

This led to the arrest and execution of 48 hostages on 22 October 1941, including Guy Môquet and Jean-Pierre Timbaud.


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