Anne-Marie Orveillon
Anne-Marie Orveillon | |
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 Anne-Marie Orveillon, circa 1942 | |
| Born | Anne-Marie Gouvary January 29, 1888 |
| Died | August 30, 1964 (aged 76) |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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Anne-Marie Orveillon (née Gouvary, January 29, 1888 – August 30, 1964) was a Breton and French activist who saved two Jewish boys during the Holocaust.[1] She was posthumously recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.[2]
Biography
[edit]Not much is known of her early life. She married a man named Orveillon. She owned a café and grocery store in Jugon Les Lacs in Brittany.[3] Her niece Geneviève lived with her.[4]
Two Jewish boys, Roland and Gérard Moryoussef, who had been born in Algeria, fled Paris and ended up in Jugon Les Lacs, where Orveillon sheltered them beginning in October 1941.[3][4] Their mother and elder brother were deported to and murdered in Auschwitz.[4] They lived with an aunt briefly, but returned to Orveillon's house and café, where they lived until the liberation of Paris in August 1944; while they lived with Orveillon, the boys were integrated and educated while keeping their names.[3][4][5]
The honor of belonging to the Righteous Among the Nations was bestowed upon her in 2009, and her name is recorded on the wall of the just in the garden.[2] Her name is also included on the Wall of the Righteous at the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Douze Justes parmi les Nations en Bretagne". Ouest-France (in French). 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ a b "Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2020" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2020. p. 53. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Anne-Marie Orveillon Gouvary". Comité Français pour Yad Vashem (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ a b c d "Anne-Marie Orveillon". Anonymes, Justes et Persécutés durant la période Nazie dans les communes de France (in French). November 4, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "Les enfants cachés de Madame Orveillon" [The hidden children of Madame Orveillon] (PDF). Le Petit Bleu (PDF) (in French). February 15, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2022.