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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/who-betrayed-the-mysterious-photographer-who-secretly-captured-nazi-occupied-paris/
- Published: 2026-11-07T03:00:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T04:48:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Le Monde (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/history/article/2026/11/07/who-betrayed-the-mysterious-photographer-who-secretly-captured-nazi-occupied-paris_6773989_157.html
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Raoul Minot secretly photographed occupied Paris.
- A 1944 report implicates two neighbours as possible informers.
- New archival clues support the theory but do not prove it.

## Summary

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.

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