Edmond Michelet (born Paris October 8, 1899, died October 9, 1970) helped many victims of the Nazis in occupied France, including Catholic philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand. In 1943 he was arrested and incarcerated at Dachau where he assisted other prisoners during a typhus epidemic and was infected himself. When Dachau was liberated he was still aiding the sick and the last to leave. He was made minister of the Army by Charles de Gaulle in 1946.

References

• The Soul of A Lion, a biography by Alice von Hildebrand, Ignatius Press, 2000, ISBN 089870801x

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