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Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux

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French Resistance member, UN delegate (1904-1964)

FrancePoliticiansLived 1904 to 1964 · aged 59
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Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux was a French women's and human rights activist. During World War II, she was a member of the French Resistance and orchestrated her husband's release from Buchenwald concentration camp after he was captured by the Gestapo.

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Knight of the Legion of Honour
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Resistance Medal
Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance

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Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux was a French women's and human rights activist. During World War II, she was a member of the French Resistance and orchestrated her husband's release from Buchenwald concentration camp after he was captured by the Gestapo. She was the sole woman in the French delegation to the first General Assembly of the United Nations. Lefaucheux helped found the UN's Commission on the Status of Women and was its chair from 1948 to 1953.

Country
France
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1964 · aged 59
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