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| Born | (1901-01-20)20 January 1901 Paris, France |
| Died | 17 May 1994(1994-05-17) (aged 93) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | École des Mines de Paris |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Relatives | Martin Hirsch (grandson) |
Étienne Hirsch (20 January 1901 – 17 May 1994) was a French civil engineer and a member of theFrench Resistance duringWorld War II. He served as President of the Commission of theEuropean Atomic Energy Community between 1959 and 1962 (seeHirsch Commission).
Étienne Hirsch was born in 1901 in aJewish family ofGerman andBohemian descent.[1] He was the son of Richard and Marianne Hirsch (née Schwenk), deported by Convoy 77 in July 1944,[2] and the brother of Madeleine Melese (née Hirsch), and Juliette Lévy (née Hirsch) deported with her children Michèle, Jean-Paul, Alain and Catherine byConvoy 35 in September 1942. His parents and sister Juliette were assassinated inAuschwitz.
After France's defeat in theBattle of France duringWorld War II, he immediately joinedCharles de Gaulle inLondon and became an officer in theFree French Forces under the name of Commandant Bernard. General de Gaulle put Hirsch in charge of supplying arms to theFrench Resistance forces on the Continent. In 1943, he became a close associate withJean Monnet in theFrench Committee of National Liberation inAlgiers. After theliberation of France, he directed a program to modernize the French economy. He served later as an administrator of theEuropean Coal and Steel Community. In 1959, Hirsch became the chairman of theEuropean Atomic Energy Community.[3]
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