Lusseyran, Jacques
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 19 September 1924 at 12:00 (= 12:00 noon ) | ||
| Place | Paris, France, 48n52, 2e20 | ||
| Timezone | GDT h1e (is daylight saving time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   26°13'   07°47 Asc. 24°38'
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Biography
French resistance fighter. An active, happy child, he was blinded at the age of eight 5/03/1932 after accidentally striking his head on a desk. He went through school and college by Braille in Paris, retaining his love of life and inner joy.
In 1943 as an adolescent, he joined a group of youngsters, leading them into the Resistance Movement. In 1943 he joined a larger network with their own newspaper, the Defense De La France. Betrayed to the Nazis, he was arrested on 7/19/1943, spending 15 months of hell in Buchenwald. Out of a shipment of 2000 Frenchman, he was one of 30 to survive; liberated on 4/18/1945, he emigrated to the U.S.
He is now a University Professor in America, married and with a family.
Events
- Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 19 July 1943 (Buchenwald, 15 months)
- Health : Accident (Non-fatal) 3 May 1932 (Blinded after striking head)
- Social : Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital 18 April 1945 (Released)
Source Notes
LMR quotes his autobiography "And There Was Light," 1963, p.5.
Categories
- Vocation : Education : Teacher (University Professor)
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Hit head)
- Notable : Book Collection : Crime Collection
- Passions : Criminal Victim : Concentration camp (Buchenwald, 15 months of hell)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Eyes (Blinded by an accident)
- Traits : Personality : Courageous (Courage, love of life)
