Template:Did you know nominations/Émilie Tillion

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 13:44, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Émilie Tillion

Émilie Tillion
Émilie Tillion
  • ... that the Nazis at Ravensbrück killed French Resistance fighter Émilie Tillion (pictured) by gas chamber for having white hair? Source: "She [Germaine Tillion] survived, but her mother, who was picked up for hiding a British airman, died in a gas chamber at Ravensbrück in 1945. She was selected for death for having white hair." (Douglas Martin, The New York Times, 25, April 2008 [1])

Created by Darwin Naz (talk). Self-nominated at 22:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: New article that is both long enough and well-referenced. No copyvios detected. This rather sad but interesting hook is cited. QPQ done. Good to go! TJMSmith (talk) 00:10, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, TJMSmith for the review. Regards, Darwin Naz (talk) 00:21, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Darwin Naz, the various sources you've linked to spell her maiden name as "Cussac". Is there a reason the article uses "Cussack" instead? MeegsC (talk) 10:09, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, MeegsC. The surname is already edited for consistency. Regards, Darwin Naz (talk) 00:52, 29 March 2021 (UTC)