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Franco-German agreement of November 23. He returned to France in June 1940, but was<br />
deported and interned in 1943 in Austria, where he remained until 1945. 34 After the war, he<br />
was French government adviser for German affairs. In June, 1949, he was appointed High<br />
Commissioner of the French Republic in Germany. François-Ponçet was born to a family of<br />
magistrates in 1887. In 1913, a year before World War One, he wrote "What German Youth<br />
is Thinking", a work that created a sensation. 35 In 1973 he received the Henry Dunant medal.<br />
François-Ponçet was born on June 13 th 1887 in Provins, France and died on January 8 th 1978<br />
in Paris. 36<br />
34 French Red Cross<br />
35 http://www.redcross.int/en/history/not_Poncet.asp<br />
36 Standing Commission<br />
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