VILLAIN-HERO
GIOT’S DUAL ROLE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED PARIS, Dec. 28. Jean Giot, who lost both legs in the battle for Strasbourg, and was carried into the court on a stretcher in a bemedalied uniform of General Le Clerc’s Chad force, was sentenced to death by a Paris court after he had pleaded guilty to torturing 60 French Patriots. The prosecution alleged that Giot in 1942 joined a special brigade, notorious for its savagery in hunting down and torturing French Patriots. Giot in 1944 joined General Le Clerc’s force, in which he served with outstanding gallantry. The general addressed a letter to the court stating that Giot’s heroic conduct finally atoned for whatever accusations were brought against him.
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Evening Star, Issue 25679, 31 December 1945, Page 6
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117VILLAIN-HERO Evening Star, Issue 25679, 31 December 1945, Page 6
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