led away, Hardy successfully made a break for it. The incident seemed suspicious to Raymond Aubrac, who, based on the ease with which the SS had let him go, always remained convinced that Hardy had alerted the Gestapo of their meeting. "From all the Germans with their submachine guns, there were only a couple of scattered shots," Aubrac later stated. After the war After the war, he was tried twice for collaboration for a number of reasons but was found not guilty, despite committing perjury at the first trial. Shortly before his death, he was accused again by Barbie himself, but died before any new charges could be brought. After his trials, Hardy became a novelist and wrote the book Bitter Victory (French title Amère victoire) which was adapted for the cinema in a Franco-US co-production starring Richard Burton and directed by Nicholas Ray. Shortly before his death, a destitute, broken-down Hardy — dressed in pajamas and apparently living in somebody's attic — was interviewed by film-maker Marcel Ophüls for Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie. Hardy denied having betrayed Moulin. References 1911 births 1987 deaths People from Orne French Resistance members Recipients of the Resistance Medal Prix des Deux Magots winners French male writers 20th-century French male writers