Maurice Bolle, a war resistance figure, has died here at the aged of 85. Soon after the outbreak of World War II. Mr. Bolle organized escape routes to Britain, Spain and Switzerland. In 1942, he became one of the main leaders of the defense committee of Jews. He was rescued by U.S. troops from Buchenwald where he was sent by the Nazis in 1943.
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