Thérèse Maria Adloff (née Chaudron; 10 November 1904, in Badonviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle – 4 December 2005, in Oberhausbergen, Bas-Rhin)[1] was a member of the French Resistance in World War II who helped people evade the Nazis.
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| Born | Thérèse Maria Chaudron 10 November 1904 Badonviller (Meurthe-et-Moselle), France |
| Died | 4 December 2005 (aged 101) Oberhausbergen (Bas-Rhin), France |
| Known for | French Resistance |
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Biography
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A worker in the Badon faience factory, aged 18, she married Alphonse Adloff on 16 December 1922, and became manager of the Badon brasserie via her husband, who already held that job.
World War I have made a lasting impression, she joined the Resistance and, from the beginning of German occupation, provided shelter and support for hundreds of people evading the concentration camps.[2] She provided false documentation and clothes and sent them on the "evasion route" of Donon and Grande-Fontaine, saving hundreds of lives.[citation needed]
She was arrested in August 1942 and went to several concentration camps like Mauthausen and Ravensbrück.[2] When she was freed in April 1945 by the Red Cross, she only weighed 30 kilograms (66 lb).
Awards
edit- Officier of the Legion of Honour[2]
- Médaille militaire[2]
- Médaille de la résistance[2]
- Croix de guerre 1939–1945 with palms
References
edit- ^ Meurthe-et-Moselle archives, Commune de Badonviller, birth certificate 35, year 1904
- ^ a b c d e Paul Zing (1992). G. Louis (ed.). De Gaulle en Lorraine (in French). pp. 52–53. ISBN 9782907016216..