The Béziers resistance fighter Pierre Corbière died this Sunday at the age of 99.

Pierre Corbière, then a high school student in Pézenas, joined the resistance in 1942, at the age of 17.

A member of the Béziers Betty network, at the age of 17, Pierre Corbière died this Sunday, December 15. His funeral will take place this Tuesday, December 17, at 3 p.m., at the church of Gabian.

It is a part of the memory of the Béziers resistance which disappeared with the death, at the age of 99, of Pierre Corbière, which occurred this Sunday, December 15. The sons and family of this former resistance fighter during the Second World War wish to pay tribute to the memory of a man who mobilized against the German occupier.

They write: “When the German troops crossed the demarcation line, Pierre Corbière, then at the Pezenas high school, chose to join a local resistance network. At the age of 17, he became a liaison agent for the Betty network”.

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A liaison agent for the Allies

His mission was to provide information on the German occupation forces to the Free French authorities.Pierre Corbiere“was entrusted with missions such as receiving weapons or parachuted equipment (…). He recounted these night-time outings, by car, to the open ground of Saint-Privat, today the Béziers-Cap d'Agde airport. On several occasions, with his partner, he would deliver parcels of leaflets to the villages near Béziers, where other resistance fighters would distribute them to the population.”

“Informed by a German-speaking Béziers resident working for the occupying troops, the Betty network could anticipate militia operations carried out by the militia and save people at risk of being arrested (…)”. At the time of the liberation of Béziers, Pierre Corbière “is on the Allées with other volunteers from Béziers to ask people to stay at home and not expose themselves to the fury of the Nazis”.

Many archives

He is the helpless witness of the death of Louis Fonol, “when he is hit by a bullet fired from Place Garibaldi. They take him to a doctor on Rue de la Citadelle but he will not be saved”. A few years ago, Pierre Corbière handed over all of his documents relating to this dark period to the departmental archives of Pierrevives, in Montpellier.

Aged 99 and weakened by a stroke, he died this Sunday, December 15. His funeral will take place this Tuesday, November 17, at 3 p.m., at the church of Gabian. Midi Libre offers its condolences to his children and his entire family.