The files have been brought out of the vaults. Two days ago, the Mayor of the 4th arrondissement of Paris refused to allow a plaque to be affixed on Henri Dutilleux’s apartment, claiming he had been a Nazi collaborator. Now, the curator of the national Résistance museum has published the facts, proving that Dutilleux and his wife Geneviève Joy were active in the underground fight against the German occupation and closely associated with some of its heroes. We publish the curator’s letter below. [...]
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