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Jacques Ellul was born in Bordeaux, France, on January 6, 1912, to Marthe Mendes (Protestant ; French-Portuguese-Jewish) and Joseph Ellul (initially an Eastern Orthodox Christian, but then a Voltarian deist by conviction ; born in Malta of an Italo-Maltese father and Serb mother). As a teenager he wanted to be a naval officer but his father made him study law.

 In World War II, he was a leader in the French resistance.[4] For his efforts to save Jews he was awarded the title Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2001.