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René de Naurois

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French Roman Catholic priest, chaplain and ornithologist

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According to Wikipedia, Abbé René de Naurois was a French Catholic priest, chaplain, and ornithologist. Second World War During the Second World War Naurois assisted the French Resistance, helped organise the escape of Jews from occupied France to Switzerland and Spain. He himself escaped from Vichy via Barcelona, Gibraltar arriving at Liverpool, and was one of the 177 Kieffer Commandos who took part in the Normandy Landings on 6 June 1944. Honours received by de Naurois for his wartime activities include the Ordre de la Libération and the title of Righteous among the Nations.

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