Georges Hirsch (22 February 1895 – 12 May 1974) was a French theater director, a member of the French Resistance, and

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of Paris. He was a director of the

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from 1946 to 1951 and from 1956 to 1959. Married to the singer Madeleine Mathieu, he is the father of Professor Jean-François Hirsch, creator of the first paediatric neurosurgery department at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital and of

Georges-François Hirsch Georges-François Hirsch (born 5 October 1944 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris) is a French stage director. He is the son of Georges Hirsch (1895–1974), former administrator of the . He was co-director of the Paris Opéra (1981–1983), g ...

, also director of several Parisian theatres.

Life

Hirsch was born in the

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in 1895 A member of the

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, he was appointed

of Paris and

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of the former

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department from 1933 to 1940. At the , Hirsch must face anti-Semitism from

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, who does not hesitate to come to blows: Re-elected from 1944 to 1945, then from 1959 to 1965, he was appointed head of the from 1946 to 1951 and from 1956 to 1959. In this capacity, he chaired the jury of the International singing competition of Toulouse on 2 occasions. Hirsh died in the

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in 1974 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (89th division).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hirsch, Georges 1895 births Councillors of Paris 1974 deaths French Resistance members Knights of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Resistance Medal Antisemitism in France Directors of the Paris Opera Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery