- Réseau Gloria
The réseau Gloria SMH (Gloria network) was a
French Resistance network under theGerman occupation of France during World War II .The Gloria network was founded by
Jacques Legrand (chemical engineer ) and Gabrielle Picabia, (daughter of a painter). It counted among its membersAlfred Péron , "normalien" and English professor at the "Lycée Buffon". The network depended on the BritishIntelligence Service , in conjunction with the SOE. The network's mission was to gather military and naval information about the occupiers. Its members wereintellectual s,manager s, andartist s including anengraver who was very useful for producingfalse documents .The Gloria network was infiltrated by the Abbot
Robert Alesch and was decimated in August1942 . Most of the operatives, including Péron, were arrested by theNazi s.Samuel Beckett and his companionSuzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil , were warned by Péron's wife and escaped arrest, fleeing to their friend the writerNathalie Sarraute in thefree zone . In total, more than 80 members of the network were deported and many never returned from Mauthausen or Buchenwald. The head of the network, Jacques Legrand, died in Mauthausen, and Péron died inSwitzerland two days after his return from Mauthausen.ources
* Bureau Résistance and family archives fr icon
* "Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett" byJames Knowlson ISBN 0521822580
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