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Weil was in Finland when World War II broke out ; he had been traveling in Scandinavia since April 1939.
Weil was mistakenly arrested in Finland at the outbreak of the Winter War suspected of spying ; however, accounts of his life having been at danger have been shown to be exaggerated.
Weil returned to France via Sweden and the United Kingdom, and was detained at Le Havre in January 1940.
It was in the military prison in Bonne-Nouvelle, a district of Rouen, from February to May, that he did the work that made his reputation.
Sentenced to five years, he asked to be sent to a military unit instead, and joined a regiment in Cherbourg.
He then went to Clermont-Ferrand, where he managed to join Éveline, who had been in German-occupied France.
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