Wikipedia:Jean Patrick Modiano was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France on July 30, 1945. His father, Albert Modiano (1912—1977, born in Paris), was of Jewish origin, descended from a famous Sephardic family of Salonica.[2] His mother, Louisa Colpijn, was a Belgian (Flemish) actress also known as Louisa Colpeyn.[3] Modianos parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began their relationship semi-clandestinely. His father had refused to wear the star and did not turn himself in when Pariss Jews were rounded up for deportation to concentration camps; he spent the war doing business on the black market and hanging around with the Gestapo stationed on the Rue Lauriston.[4]
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