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.

French Jewish resistant fighter.

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.

French Resistance had a rather broader profile in relatively remote, rural areas, particularly where hills, mountains and wilderness might be involved.  While positive Resistance activity in cities might have consisted of the usual Gaulllist, Communist, Jewish and so on categories, out in the hills this profile broadened to include really large bodies of "Maquisards" whose main (often only) contribution to the struggle was to hide in the hills so as to avoid transportation to Germany as forced labourers, and other groups which consisted of what can only be described as armed bandits.  One type of "Resistance" shaded into another, and different groups variously connected with one another, in such a way that it is difficult to get a fixed understanding of the overall reality.  Oh well.  On the basis of what happened in liberation struggles and revolutions elsewhere (including in my own country), I am sure they all claimed pensions after the war ...  Just kidding (I think), JR.