Antoine Avinin
Antoine Louis Avinin (26 January 1902 – 29 October 1962) [aliases Albert Arnaud, Albert Anceau, Albert Audin, Talbert] was a French businessman, resistance fighter and politician.
Biography
He was born in
He became an activist in the
He founded the resistance network France-Liberté in November 1940 with Elie Péju, Auguste Pinton and Jean-Jacques Soudeille. In 1941, they created the Franc-Tireur movement from France-Liberté with Jean-Pierre Lévy from Strasbourg who had joined the latter some months earlier. Avinin met Yvon Morandat, an envoy of Charles de Gaulle, in November 1941. Morandat arranged for funds for the regular publication of the journal also named Franc-Tireur for which Avinin wrote editorials. Avinin was arrested in Lyon on 5 May 1942 as an editor and distributor of leaflets and imprisoned at Montluc prison. He was released in August for lack of evidence. Exposed in Lyon, he hid for a time in Cantal where he had many acquaintances. In autumn 1942, he moved to Toulouse where he developed the resistance movement. A persuasive orator, he became regional leader of Franc-Tireur then, until October 1943, regional leader of the Mouvements unis de la Résistance - the fusion of Combat, Libération-sud and Franc-Tireur for Région R4 (south-west). He reorganized this region and directed escapes via the Pyrenees. He travelled regularly between the south-west and Paris, where most resistance groups were headquartered. He took over control of Franc-Tireur after the arrest of its leader, Lévy, on 16 October 1943 and replaced him in the Mouvement de libération nationale [fr] and the Conseil national de la Résistance. He was involved in the liberation of Paris and was amongst those receiving Captain Raymond Dronne.[1][3]
For his wartime actions in charge of Région R4, he was awarded the
He died in Massiac in 1962 and was buried in the local cemetery.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Antoine AVININ". www.ordredelaliberation.fr. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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- ^ "AVININ Antoine". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 10 August 2021.