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'Twisted Face,' the French Gestapo collaborator who arrested historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch
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'Twisted Face,' the French Gestapo collaborator who arrested historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch

Le Monde (English) · Jun 21, 2026, 5:53 PM

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France André, known as 'Twisted Face,' was a staunch French collaborator who led a gang of nearly 100 people in the Lyon area. They spread terror through thefts, arrests, torture and murders, all committed for personal gain and to serve the Nazis. Among his many victims was Marc Bloch, a Jewish hist

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