Mathurin Henrio

Mathurin Henrio (16 April 1929, in Baud – 10 February 1944, in Baud)[1] was a young French resistance fighter who was shot dead by German soldiers for refusing to answer questions on the whereabouts of maquisards. At age fourteen, he is the youngest recipient of the Ordre de la Libération[2] and a recipient of the Croix de guerre 1939-45.[1]

Mathurin Henrio

References
  1. Order of the Liberation website, Mathurin Henrio (Retrieved 11 September 2013) (in French)
  2. Order of the Liberation website: "1,038 Companions of the Liberation" (Retrieved 11 September 2013) (in English)
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