What’s in a name? Usually not much really but sometimes it can be everything. It can even be the difference of life and death.
In this case the name Jean Stephan, both men were members of the French resistance but their lives had completely different outcomes.
Jean Stéphan was a French resistant born October 28, 1912 in Rennes and shot on April 13, 1942 at Mont Valérien
During the German occupation, he became involved in the Resistance. He joined the Secret Organization (OS) French Francs-tireurs and partisans and took part in the local organization of the National Front, he was put in charge of a sector including Neuilly-Plaisance, Noisy-le-Grand and Gagny. They carried out various acts of sabotage (fire of enemy equipment at Gonesse and Vincennes in 1941, etc.).
On March 21, 1942, he was arrested, as he left the Ville-Évrard hospital where he worked as a nurse, and discovered leaflets of Resistance.
The poster above is his “wanted” posted.He was a member of the resistance in le Maquis du Vercors
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