Hunting Down the Jews by Isaac Levendel

Author:Isaac Levendel [Levendel, Isaac; Weisz, Bernard; Klarsfeld, Serge;]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781936274321
Publisher: Enigma Books

Robert Conrad’s Fate

At first glance, his association with Terrier proved fatal for Robert Conrad. The 26-year-old Alsatian had been sentenced in October 1943 by the Avignon tribunal to 6 months in jail for theft and tobacco trafficking, and, after serving his sentence, he probably met Terrier, who got him into the SiPo-SD.16

A radio operator in the navy from 1937 to 1942, then a technical inspector in the post office (PTT) in Marseille, he found a job at “La Gauloise,” a tobacco and cigarette factory on the road to Sorgues. This is where he got into trouble with the law. Out of prison on January 27, 1944, and visibly without a job or any resources, he became acquainted with Terrier who did not have to push him very hard: Conrad applied for a job with Müller, who was looking for an interpreter.

With a salary of 4,400 francs per month, it was not for translations that Müller gave him a 7,65 mm pistol. He participated in searches, arrests and looting. One more ex-convict who is “put on the right track” by Müller.

On the subject of the hunt for the Jews, his file of course mentions the looting at the “Coq Hardi,” the Marie Riz restaurant, and the theft of Jean Valabrègue’s wallet containing the 8,000 francs he split with Terrier. However, his confession concerning the “collection” of the Jews one night with Palmieri and his men gave him a completely different dimension.

Arrested immediately at Liberation, Conrad was accused of intelligence with the agents of Germany; as an agent of the Gestapo, he had participated in searches, arrests, physical abuse against detainees, and looting. He was sentenced to death. In these early days, the court of justice was far more severe, and his chances to escape execution were slim.

Indeed, the Nimes court of justice rejected his appeal, and the Minister of Justice his plea for pardon. He was executed in Nimes, but the files do not offer any date.

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