What is François Amoudruz?
[[File:François Amoudruz par Claude Truong-Ngoc novembre 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|François Amoudruz (2013)]] '''François Amoudruz''' (7 September 1926 – 21 July 2020) was a member of the [[French Resistance]] during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lesresistances.france3.fr/documentaire-aj/francois-amoudruz|title=Les Résistances, François Amoudruz|work=France 3|language=French}}</ref> He was born in [[Albertville]], [[France]]. == Life == Amoudruz entered the law school in Clermont-Ferrand. However, on 25 November 1943, the [[Gestapo]] raided the school and Amoudruz was taken as a hostage after having just turned 17. In December 1943, he was held captive at the [[Royallieu-Compiègne internment camp]]. He left the camp on 17 January 1944, being deported to the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]]. He was eventually locked up at the [[Flossenbürg concentration camp]] on 23 February 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lalsace.fr/bas-rhin/2013/11/21/il-y-a-70-ans-les-universitaires-strasbourgeois-etaient-rafles-par-les-nazis|title=Il y a 70 ans, les universitaires strasbourgeois étaient raflés par les nazis|date=21 November 2013|work=L'Alsace|language=French}}</ref> Amoudruz escaped during a [[death march]] in April 1945, but was captured and sent back to camp. However, he would be freed by [[Allies of World War II|Allied Forces]] on [[Victory in Europe Day]]. He returned to [[France]] on 24 May 1945. He was Deputy President of the [[Fédération nationale des déportés et internés réesistants et patriotes]] until 2013 and was vice-president of the [[Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation]]. He was also a member of the European Centre on Resistance and Deportation and the Concours national de la résistance et de la déportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.struthof.fr/en/a-look-at/francois-amoudruz/|title=François AMOUDRUZ|work=European Centre on Resistance and Deportation|language=French|access-date=2020-07-24|archive-date=2020-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722140511/http://www.str