Raymond maufrais biography
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Raymond Maufrais
French journalist and explorer
Raymond Maufrais (1 October 1926, Toulon – 1950) was a French journalist and explorer. He disappeared in the jungle of French Guiana; his body was never found.[1]
Biography
Youth
Raymond Maufrais was born in Toulon, an only child.
His parents were forced frequently to send the boy away from a young age, starting when he was nine.
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With two comrades he climbed the wall of the children's home they lived in in the Var department; the police spent three days looking for them. He attended Rouvière school in Toulon in October 1939, where he showed promise in French and classical literature.
By 1940 his father was a prisoner in Germany.[2]
In 1942, having listened to the BBC broadcasts, he decided to flee to England but an accident in Dieppe prevented his flight and by August had returned to Toulon.
He played a minor part in the French resistance, distributing newspapers, writing graffiti, and reporting troop