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Remarkable Heroes and Heroines of the French Resistance in World War II

Khalid Elhassan May 12, 2025 18 min

Resistance - Women and men of the French Resistance — Women and men of the French Resistance. Pegasus Battlefield Tours

8. Refusing to Snitch on Comrades

Resistance - George's Blind in fireman's uniform before WWII — George’s Blind in fireman’s uniform before WWII. Musee de la Resistance

Blind had been subjected to a mock execution, used as psychological torture in an attempt to scare him into snitching on his Resistance comrades. He declined, so on October 24^th, 1944, he was sent to Dachau concentration camp, where he arrived on the 29^th.

From Dachau, he was sent to Auschwitz, where he arrived on November 24^th. There, he was killed by lethal injection on November 30^th, 1944. Georges Blind was posthumously promoted to sergeant in the French Forces of the Interior. He was also posthumously awarded a Croix de Guerre, a Medaille Militaire, a Resistance Medal, and an Honor Medal for Fighters for exceptional services.

Written by

Khalid Elhassan

A lifelong history buff, I developed a particular passion for WW2 history as a child, when I spent hours listening to my grandfather, enraptured, as he recounted his wartime experiences in the British East African Campaign and with the British 8th Army in North Africa.

I graduated with a history BA from George Mason University, then went on to get a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. After lawyering for a decade, I moved to sunny Rio de Janeiro and a less demanding career, opening a tourism agency in Copacabana.

A big chunk of my free time is spent blogging (you can follow me on Quora https://www.quora.com/profile/Khalid-Elhassan ) or freelance writing, mostly about my favorite subject, history.