Pierre Julitte Explained

Pierre Julitte (1910, Chevannes, Essonne – 1991) was a French engineer, writer, and member of the resistance during World War II. A prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp, he recollected his camp experiences in a book titled for the camp's so-called Goethe Oak, L'Arbre de Goethe (1965).^[1]

Awards and decorations

France

• Legion of Honour
• Order of Liberation
• Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France) (5 citations)
• Resistance Medal
• Volunteer combatant's cross
• Order of Agricultural Merit
• 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal (France)

Great-Britain

• Order of the British Empire

Luxemburg

• Order of the Oak Crown

Notes and References

1. Ziolkowski. Theodore. 2001. Das Treffen in Buchenwald oder Der vergegenwärtigte Goethe. Modern Language Studies. 31. 1. 131–50. 10.2307/3195281. 3195281.