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Étienne Hajdú | |
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| István Hajdú | |
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| Born | (1907-08-12)August 12, 1907 |
| Died | March 24, 1996(1996-03-24) (aged 88) |
| Known for | Part of the Hungarian circle of artists and writers |
| Movement | Résistance |
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Étienne Hajdú (bornIstván Hajdú; 12 August 1907 – 24 March 1996) was aHungarian-bornFrenchsculptor of Jewish descent. After emigration to Paris in the 1930s, he became part of the Hungarian circle of artists and writers. He fought in theFrench Resistance duringWorld War II.
Istvan Hadju was born in 1907 to a Jewish family inTorda,Torda-Aranyos County,Transylvania,Kingdom of Hungary (nowTurda,Cluj County,Romania).
He emigrated to Paris in the 1930s and became part of the Hungarian artistic circle there.
After theFall of France, Hajdu became active in theRésistance movement. Numerous Jewish Hungarians, most of them artists and writers, were part of the Résistance. Many carried out their actions outside Paris, as foreigners had been formally evacuated with the outbreak of war in September 1939.
Hajdú died inBagneux, Hauts-de-Seine.
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