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Encyclopedia > Edmond Michelet

Edmond Michelet (born Paris October 8, 1899, died October 9, 1970) helped many victims of the Nazis in occupied France, including Catholic philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand. In 1943 he was arrested and incarcerated at Dachau where he assisted other prisoners during a typhus epidemic and was infected himself. When Dachau was liberated he was still aiding the sick and the last to leave. He was made minister of the Army by Charles de Gaulle in 1946. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (283rd in Leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX in Roman) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Dietrich von Hildebrand (October 12, 1889, Florence, Italy - January 26, 1977, New Rochelle, New York) was a German Catholic philosopher and theologian who was called (informally) by Pope Pius XII the 20th Century Doctor of the Church. ... The Dachau concentration camp was a Nazi concentration camp near the city of Dachau, north of Munich, in Bavaria (southern Germany). ... This is about the disease Typhus. ... Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( (help· info)) (22 November 1890 - 9 November 1970), in France commonly referred to as général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. ...


References

  • The Soul of A Lion, a biography by Alice von Hildebrand, Ignatius Press, 2000, ISBN 089870801x

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