Yvonne Chollet
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Yvonne Chollet (1 March 1897 – 23 February 1945) was a teacher in Vendôme, France, who surveilled the movement of German equipment on behalf of the French Resistance and reported her findings to Allied forces during World War II. Arrested by the Gestapo in May 1943, she was imprisoned at Blois, Orléans, Romainville, and Compiègne before being deported to the Nazi concentration camp near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel) in northern Germany, where she died the following year.[1]
Yvonne Chollet | |
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Born | 1 March 1897 |
Died | 23 February 1945(1945-02-23) (aged 47) Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, Germany |
Occupation(s) | Teacher and member of the French Resistance |
Children | Jean Chollet |
Parent(s) | Marius Gay, Léonie Léonard |
Awards | Médaille militaire Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Médaille de la Résistance |
Assigned prisoner number "27095" at the start of her imprisonment at the Ravensbrück concentration camp, her death there was recorded as occurring on 23 February 1945.[2][3]