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Gilberte Champion, (born Gilberte Gueunier 17 April 1913 Paris - 18 November 18, 2020 Sucy-en-Brie), was a French resistance fighter, and concentration camp survivor.[1] She was awarded Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor on 9 February 1967; she was promoted to Grand Officer on 13 July 1980;[2] and then promoted to the highest rank of Grand Cross on 14 July 2008.
Gilberte Champion was a member of the Jade-Fitzroy network of the French Resistance where she was a radio operator. She was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1943. She was tortured by Klaus Barbie, but she revealed nothing, not even her true identity. She was then deported to the Ravensbrück concentration campfor women.[3]
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- ^ "Décès de Gilberte Champion, déportée-résistante ancienne du réseau Jade-Fitroy – Les guerres d'hier au jour le jour" (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "Édition numérisée du Journal officiel de la République française". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. p. 1762. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help); Check date values in:|archive-date=(help) - ^ "Des femmes en guerre : les agentes secrètes". La Guerre Tombée du Ciel (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-25.