Jean Burger
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Jean Burger, alias "Mario", was a member of the
Biography
Youth and political engagement
Born into a family of tradesmen, Jean Burger studied at the Ecole Normale de Montigny
Resistance
Charles Hoeffel, a Communist Party militant and member of the CGT railway workers' union, put Burger into contact with Georges Wodli, a member of the Communist Party Central Committee. Wodli asked Burger to organize Communist resistance in the Moselle region.[4] Burger organized the "Mario" resistance group, whose activities included the printing and distribution of leaflets, collection of arms, aid to prisoners and resisters, and sabotage.[4] Three thousand men and women participated in the Mario group. The organization was integrated into the national resistance movement and had contacts in Paris and Luxembourg. Activities included aid to German deserters and assistance for Soviet prisoners of war in camps in the Moselle region.[1]
Arrest
Massive arrests of resisters began in August 1943. The arrests were aided by information seized by the
After his arrest, Burger was tortured by the Gestapo, then moved to a military prison in Metz. From there he went to the
Legacy
In memory of Burger, a number of streets and buildings in the Mosellle département bear his name, as well as the Jean-Burger-Straße in Magdeburg, Germany, where a commemorative monument was erected.
Bibliography
- Bernard Le Marrec, Gérard Le Marrec, Les années noires, la Moselle annexée par Hitler, Éditions Serpenoises, 1990, ISBN 978-2-87692-062-0
- Léon Burger, Le groupe Mario, une page de la Résistance lorraine, Hellenbrand, 1965 (Léon was Jean's brother)
- Eugène Heiser, La Tragédie lorraine, Tome I, Pierron, 1984
- Marcel Neigert, Internements et déportations en LorraineUniversité de Metz, 1978
References
- ^ a b c Burger, Léon (1985). "Le Groupe Mario, une page de la Résistance lorraine" (PDF) (in French). Louis Hellengrand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Pierre Schill, tribune libre, l'Humanité, 15 février 2007
- ^ Maitron, Jean (2000). "Jean Burger". Dictionnaire biographique du mouvement ouvrièr français (in French). Editions Ouvrièrs.
- ^ ISBN 978-2-87692-062-0, p.252-253|language=French
External links
- L’itinéraire de Jean Burger, alias « Mario » by Pierre Schill, professor of history and geography at the University of Montpellier, l'Humanité, 15 February 2007.
