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Solange Sanfourche

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Solange Sanfourche
Born18 July 1922
Carsac-Aillac (Dordogne), France
Died12 June 2013 (aged 90)
NationalityFrench
Other namesMarie-Claude
OccupationWWII Resistance operative
SpouseÉdouard Valéry (1924–2010)

Solange Sanfourche (18 July 1922 – 12 June 2013), alias Marie-Claude, was a French Resistance fighter in Dordogne during World War II.

Life and work

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She was born in Carsac-Aillac (Dordogne), France.[1]

In December 1945, Sanfourche married in Périgueux, Édouard Valéry (1924–2010), commissioner of operations in the Dordogne region for the resistance movement during World War II.[2][3]

Known by the code name Marie-Claude, she worked as a typist, secretary, mail carrier and liaison officer.[3] During the German occupation, the Sanfourche family hid and housed dozens of clandestine freedom fighters in Périgueux who were wanted by the Gestapo or the militia of the occupied-French government.[3]

Sanfourche died at 90 on 12 June 2013, in Sarlat-la-Canéda (Dordogne).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "SANFOURCHE : tous les avis de décès". avis-deces.linternaute.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  2. ^ Besse, Jean-Pierre (2021-01-10), "VALÉRY Edouard", Le Maitron (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, retrieved 2022-07-13
  3. ^ a b c Valery, Edouard (2004). "Four years in the Resistance" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-13.