Jacques Stosskopf

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Jacques Stosskopf
Born(1898-11-27)27 November 1898
Naval architect
Known forMember of the French Resistance
Awards

Jacques Stosskopf (27 November 1898 – 1 September 1944) held the post of deputy director of naval construction at the German-held

Nazis
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Military career

Born in

École polytechnique in 1920 and became a marine engineer in 1924. As a naval construction
specialist, he was appointed in 1939 as head of the new construction unit at the Lorient arsenal and promoted to the rank of Chief Engineer, 1st Class.

Resistance hero

In June 1940, the base fell under control of the German Kriegsmarine, who used it to repair and resupply their U-boats. Beginning in September 1940, Stosskopf pretended to collaborate with the Germans, using his position to inform Allied forces of submarine movements at Lorient. Stosskopf was denounced under torture by a captured agent of the Alliance network within the French Resistance. He was arrested by the Gestapo in February 1944, but many French believed that the Germans had promoted him.

The reality was quite different: Stosskopf was tortured by the Gestapo and deported under the

Struthof camp in Alsace on 1 September 1944, before the arrival of the Allies. Stosskopf was posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour in August 1945, astonishing those who had believed that he was a traitor. The submarine base at Lorient was renamed in his honour in July 1946 as Base Ingénieur Général Stosskopf.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Leaflet from visitor centre at Keroman Submarine Base
  2. ^ "Jacques Stosskopf (1898–1944)". Chemins de mémoire. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  3. ISBN 0-471-35382-5
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