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2 unusual facts about Leo Weisgerber


Leo Weisgerber

After the defeat of the Nazis, Weisgerber assisted the members of the Breton Bezen Perrot SS militia, led by Célestin Lainé, providing them with false papers to allow them to escape to Ireland with the help of other Celticists.

Johann Leo Weisgerber (February 25, 1899, Metz – August 8, 1985, Bonn) was a Lorraine-born German linguist who also specialized in Celtic linguistics.



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