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Alexandre Villaplane: From France's Football Captain to Nazi Collaborator and Killer
Alexandre Villaplane was the captain of the French national football team who became one of France’s most notorious Nazi collaborators during the Second World War. Alexandre Villaplane’s life is one of the most shocking transformations of the Second World War — a story of fame, greed, betrayal, and brutality. Once celebrated as the captain of the French national football team and a participant in the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, Villaplane rose from humble beginnings in French Algeria to become one of the most recognizable athletes in France. Talented, charismatic, and admired, he…
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