Simone Segouin | |
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![]() Segouin in 1944 | |
Born | Thivars, France | 3 October 1925
Died | 21 February 2023 Courville-sur-Eure, France | (aged 97)
Other names | Nicole Minet |
Known for | French Resistance fighter |
Simone Segouin (French: [simɔn səɡwɛ̃]; 3 October 1925 – 21 February 2023), also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet (French: [nikɔl minɛ]), was a French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-tireurs et partisans group during World War II. Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German patrol, which she then used to help carry messages. She went on to take part in large-scale or otherwise dangerous missions, such as capturing German troops, derailing trains, and acts of sabotage.[1][2]