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3 unusual facts about Hélie de Saint Marc


Hélie de Saint Marc

Sent to the Satellite Camp of Langenstein-Zwieberge where mortality rate surpasses 90%; he goes under the care and protection of a Latvian miner who actually saves his life.

In 2002, he published with August von Kageneck- a German Officer of his generation- his fourth book entitled " Notre Histoire 1922-1945" ( Our History 1922-1945); a story that portrayed the souvenirs of that period; portraying their respective childhood and their vision of World War II.

During that time; legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion acquired their parade song "Non, je ne regrette rien", a 1960 Edith Piaf song that NCOs, Corporals and Legionnaires song while leaving their barracks for re-deployment following the Algiers putsch of 1961.



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