Madeleine Dreifus, child psychologist and French Jewish resistant, also involved in the rescue of Jewish children.  In 1943, attempting to rescue a Jewish child from a predicted Gestapo raid on an institution for the deaf that was used by her organisation as a transit/cover for children in her care, she was arrested and spent an extended period in the Bergen-Belsen transit camp.  For some reason, she was not deported to the East, and was freed when the camp was liberated by British forces in 1945.  She was awarded the Medaille de la Resistance in 1947, and went on to enjoy a distinguished career as a psychologist.  Best regards, JR.

Jewish Resistance, France - lucky survivor.

Marianne Cohn, member of the Mouvement de la Jeunesse Sioniste and Jewish French resistant, also involved in the rescue of Jewish children and young people.  In May, 1944, she was arrested along with 28 Jewish children under her care and interned.  She refused to co-operate with a plan hatched by her comrades to rescue her because it might endanger the children.  Following threats against the Gestapo agents concerned from the Resistance, the children were rescued.  However, Marianne was not; she was tortured by the notorious Lyon Gestapo and subsequently murdered.  With sadness, JR.

A Jewish Resistance Marianne.

Régine-Ariane Knout, daughter of Russian composer Alexandr Scriabin, convert to Judaism and wife of Jewish poet David Knout.  Ariane Knout was not a child-rescuer; she was a founder/organiser of the Armeé Juive (AJ) an armed resistance group active in the Langedoc-Rousillon area of the South of France.  She was involved in arms procurement for the group, and liaison between the AJ and other Resisistance groups in the region.  Ariane Knout was killed in action in an ambush by the Vichy Milicé in July, 1944.  Best regards, JR.