The story is not trivial. And as proof, after a book, the story of this resistant and above all humanist woman is the subject of a documentary. The resistance fighter and the collaborator will be broadcast on France 3, Thursday May 2, 2024, at 11 p.m.
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This resistance fighter is Noëlla Rouget. Born in Saumur, she joined the resistance in 1941 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) and found herself deported in 1944. And this collaborator was Jacques Vasseur, head of the Gestapo in Angers, who sent her to the death camps.
An incredible forgiveness
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Where the story between his two antagonistic faces is remarkable is that after having experienced hell because of this man, Noëlla Rouget decided to forgive him, asking for a presidential pardon for him. Their crossed destinies are thus recounted in a documentary by Aubin Hellot.
Thursday 2nd of May, The resistance fighter and the collaboratorat 11 p.m., on France 3rebroadcast Tuesday May 7 and Thursday May 23 at 9:10 a.m.
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