Never mind Santo Santoro and the endemic corruption of the John Howard Party, the party for whom "conflict of interest" might as well be a phrase in Swahili.
Instead, Bilegrip would like to remember a real mensch, the French Resistance heroine, Lucie Aubrac, who died Wednesday, age 94. It was she who conned the notorious Klaus Barbie into allowing her to visit her husband in Lyon prison in 1943. During this visit, the two planned his escape. Not only did she go on to organise her husband's escape from the clutches of the Nazi's, but she also helped the great Resistance hero, Jean Moulin in his escape. For this, the French have been indebted to her ever since.
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I was unable to Google any suitable histories of Lucie Aubrac in English; they're all in French. There are dozens of references to and reviews of the eponymous 1997 film by Claude Berri, a film I eagerly anticipated at the time, but found flat and uninspiring.
So, there is not much to say, other than her life is a reminder that not all of us are sheep or the servants of expedient selfishness. More Lucie Aubrac's and less John Howard's, please.
Links:
The news story going round the world: French Resistance Hero Lucie Aubrac Dies
An extract from Women's Resistance Through Gender Roles
-- Olney Garkle
