Marie Louise Clémentine Meunier (1890 - 1945)

Born 15 Feb 1890 in Genas, Isère, France

Died 15 Feb 1945 at age 55 in Ravensbrück, Brandenburg, Deutschland

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Biography

Marie Meunier was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. A member of the Dutch-Paris organization, she helped used her shop in Annecy as a stop-off address of a flight route to Spain.^[1][2] She was posthumously awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance (Verzetskruis 1940–1945) on 24 May 1945^[1] and the French Médaille de la Résistance.^[3]

Marie Louise Clémentine Meunier was born on 15 February 1890 in Genas (then in Isère, currently par of the Rhône department). She was the daughter of Joanny Meunier, 27, farmer, and Françoise Lavaux, 27, listed as a butcher.^[4]

She was arrested on March 7, 1944. After being interned in the prisons of Montluc and Fresnes, she was deported to Ravensbrück, where she died on January 25, 1945.^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Meunier, Marie Louise Clémentine tracesofwar.nl, accessed May 2021.
2. ↑ Marie Louise Meunier SGA-Mémoire des Hommes, Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Titres, homologations et services pour faits de résistance, ref. Service historique de la Défense, Vincennes cote GR 16 P 414737
3. ↑ Marie-Louise Meunier SGA-Mémoire des Hommes, Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Base des Médaillés de la Résistance.
4. ↑ Acte de naissance: Acte 8, Naissances 1890 Genas vue 2 https://archives.rhone.fr/ark:/28729/8qktxpgw7136/d38c0346-fc78-4d20-8066-3188b88bf09f, Archives du Rhône cote 4 E 1184.
5. ↑ Marie Louise Meunier SGA-Mémoire des Hommes, Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Base des morts en déportation (1939-1945) Ref. Service historique de la Défense, Caen Cote AC 21 P 515 930.

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