It was the Minister of the Armed Forces who announced it to senators on Tuesday: Hubert Germain, the last companion of the Liberation, died at the age of 101.
On June 18, he gathered his last strength to commemorate with Emmanuel Macron the call of General de Gaulle to Mont Valerien.
He then gathered with the Head of State in the crypt where this resistance member from the very beginning who left for London at the end of June 1940, will be buried.
A legionary during World War II, Hubert Germain fought in Syria, Libya where he took part in the battle of Bir-Hakeim, in Egypt, in Italy, in Provence, in the Vosges and in Alsace.
Wounded and decorated by General de Gaulle at the end of June 1944 in Italy, the veteran is now a resident of the Invalides.
đź”´ The minister @Florence_Parly announces to the Senate the death of Hubert Germain, last companion of the Liberation pic.twitter.com/YaBF37bHzP
- Public Senate (@publicsenat) October 12, 2021
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