The Man Who Stole the Gun on Nor's Face

Pierre Cartaud waited in Nor's apartment for six hours on October the 13th, 1943. After being captured and released by the Nazis, Pierre Cartaud had made it his mission in life to become more German than the Germans. He bought into their ideas with a converts zealotry and was personally responsible for the capture, torture and death of several Resistance agents. This was the man who grabbed her from behind as she walked through the door. I fought him. I bit him, pulled his hair. I was shouting so loudly I almost shredded my throat. All I could think was, this would happen at the very last minute. Just a few more days and I would have been in England