Who betrayed the mysterious photographer who secretly captured Nazi-occupied Paris?

Raoul Minot, a manager at Paris department store Printemps, secretly photographed life under German occupation, risking arrest because outdoor photography was forbidden. A newly uncovered 1944 report points to neighbours Marie Breux and Georges Robinson as possible informers, but the evidence does not establish who betrayed him.

Minot amassed hundreds of photographs using a Brownie Kodak camera, developing them at Printemps with help from colleagues. In February 1943, French intelligence officers seized about 1,000 pieces of film and arrested him; he was later deported to Mauthausen and Buchenwald. Robinson had briefly worked at Printemps as a teenager, which supports the theory that the couple knew enough about Minot’s activities, though the case remains unresolved.