[Philippe] Mora, 60, praised the bravery of his father and Marceau. ''Marceau told me this story about my dad being called Mr Mayonnaise in the French Resistance.''
His father, who had escaped from Germany after the book-burning, noticed German soldiers would never search sandwiches containing mayonnaise in case drips stained their uniforms.
So the Resistance wrapped the identity papers of Jewish children being smuggled over borders in greaseproof paper, smeared them with mayonnaise and inserted them into sandwiches.
And so the fear of a fashion faux pas led to an ingenious tactic!
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