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Portrait of a hero: the story of French war prisoner Jacques Chantre

From corn fields to concentration camps, Jacques Chantre’s nightmare began at the age of 23.
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"Fais de ta vie un rêve, et d'un rêve, une réalitéMake your life a dream and the dream a reality"

Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Translation

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à prendre matin midi et soir to be taken three times a day
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