Marthe Delpirou

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Marthe Delpirou or Marthe Delpirou-Baron (1900–1945) was a lawyer and a French resistance fighter, member of Combat Zone Nord.[1]

Doctor of Laws, secretary of Elizabeth Dussauze, member of Ricou group, she was arrested on 28 June 1942 by the Geheime Feldpolizei. She died of exhaustion at Ravensbruck camp, where she had been sent at the end of her sentence.[2] Her body was never found.[3]

A street bears her name in the French town of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Granet, Marie; Michel, Henri (1957). Combat: histoire d'un mouvement de Résistance de juillet 1940 à juillet 1943 (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. OCLC 849079576. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  2. ^ Henri Noguères, Marcel Degliame-Fouché, Jean Louis Vigier. Histoire de la Rèsistance en France, de 1940 à 1945. R. Laffont, 1967.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b "Conférence. La vie d'une résistante, Marthe Delpirou". Letelegramme.fr (in French). 22 July 2011.