Dr. Antoine Lefèvre was born 1909 in Lyon. He served as a battlefield surgeon in the French Army in 1940. After armistice, he returned to his medical practice in Lyon. He joined the Voile du Nord resistance network in 1941, providing medical care to maquisards and forged documents for Jewish families. Despite being a known public figure, he continued resistance work at immense personal risk.
A French resistance doctor writes to his wife from hiding in Lyon, having just treated a hidden Jewish child. The letter was smuggled out and hidden in a hollow book.