Paulette Duhalde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Paulette Duhalde

French rebel

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1921

Place of Birth: Flers, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1945

Profession: French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Paulette Duhalde

  • Paulette Duhalde was a French Resistance fighter, who operated under the alias of "Jojo" with the Jeanne Network in France's Normandy region during World War II.
  • Betrayed to the Gestapo by a spy within the network, she was arrested, tried, sentenced to five years in prison, and jailed at Fresnes before being deported to a prison facility in Aachen, Germany.
  • Subsequently transferred to the prison at Cottbus near Leipzig, she was then transported, in 1944, to the Nazi concentration camp in Germany known as Ravensbrück.
  • She died there on April 23, 1945.Posthumously honored with multiple awards, including the Legion of Honor, her life is remembered in a small, permanent exhibit in the Hall of Deportation in the Musée du Château de Flers (Museum of the Castle of Flers) at Flers de l'Orne.

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