About Paul Petit
Lived 1893 – 1944 (aged 51). Paul Petit was a French diplomat, journalist, sociologist, french resistance fighter, translator and resistance fighter.
Paul Petit (2 May 1893 – 24 August 1944) was a French writer, sociologist, diplomat and French Resistance worker.
Arrested on 7 February 1942, Paul Petit was deported to the prison Saarbrücken 9 July 1942. Sentenced to death on 16 October 1943, by 2 e Senate Volksgerichtshof, along with his co-accused Martin Marietta and Raymond Burgard, he was beheaded at the Cologne prison (Germany) on 24 August 1944.
Translations of Kierkegaard
Petit produced French translations of the work of two works of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard: the Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments , published in 1941; and Philosophical Fragments , published posthumously in 1947.
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Who was Paul Petit?
writer (1893–1944)
When was Paul Petit born?
Paul Petit was born on 2 May 1893 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
When did Paul Petit die?
Paul Petit died on 24 August 1944 in Cologne.
What was Paul Petit's occupation?
Paul Petit was a diplomat, journalist, sociologist, french resistance fighter, translator and resistance fighter.
What nationality was Paul Petit?
Paul Petit was French.
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