Promoted to officer of Cherchell school, then to second lieutenant, he was assigned to the first Free French Division and went up to Colmar where he arrived in December 1944. Here he learned of the execution of his brother Gaby, an engineer and resistance member in Marseilles, and also of the deportation of his father.
He was promoted to officer at Cherchell school and then became a second lieutenant, assigned to the first Free French Division. He arrived in Colmar in December 1944 where he learned about the execution of his brother Gaby, an engineer and resistance member from Marseilles, as well as his father's deportation.