Saint-Étienne, France, Oct 22, 2026 (AFP) - Austrian-born French resistance fighter dies aged 105: regional official

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An Austrian-born resistance fighter who escaped fascism, imprisonment and Nazi occupation before helping the French Resistance during World War II, has died aged 105, local authorities said Sunday. Born into a working-class family in Vienna in 1921, Melanie Berger-Volle settled in France after World War II and became an energetic voice for preserving the memory of the events among young people. She was "an iconic figure of the resistance and a ti......

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