Death of Max Robin, one of the two children of the ruins of Saint-Lô
Immortalised by an American photographer in August 1944 in front of the ruins of Saint-Lô alongside his brother Jean, Max Robin (grey jumper) has passed away.
Photo : US National Archives
30 November 2017: Death of Max Robin, one of the two children of the ruins of Saint-Lô
Author: Thierry Valoi
Source: Tendance Ouest
“Max Robin, the child in the grey jumper, aged 13 at the time, photographed in August 1944 in the ruins of Saint-Lô devastated by bombing, passed away at the age of 86, at his home in Béziers (Hérault). In the photograph, he appeared with his brother, who was 9 years old at the time. The two children were immortalised by GIs from the US Army unit in charge of telecommunications and photography. […]
At the time the photo was taken, the two children were searching for their father in the rubble of the destroyed city. They later learned that he had already been executed by the Germans on 15 June 1944 for acts of resistance, along with ten other resistance fighters from the Manche department in Beaucoudray (Manche).”
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