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Anne-Marie Orveillon

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Anne-Marie Orveillon
a black and white photograph of an older white woman with her hair in a bun, wearing a black coat and facing the camera head on
Anne-Marie Orveillon, circa 1942
Born
Anne-Marie Gouvary

(1888-01-29)January 29, 1888
DiedAugust 30, 1964(1964-08-30) (aged 76)

Anne-Marie Orveillon (née Gouvary, January 29, 1888 – August 30, 1964) was a Breton and French activist who saved two Jewish boys during the Holocaust.[1] She was posthumously recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.[2]

Biography

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Not much is known of her early life. She married a man named Orveillon. She owned a café and grocery store in Jugon Les Lacs in Brittany.[3] Her niece Geneviève lived with her.[4]

Two Jewish boys, Roland and Gérard Moryoussef, who had been born in Algeria, fled Paris and ended up in Jugon Les Lacs, where Orveillon sheltered them beginning in October 1941.[3][4] Their mother and elder brother were deported to and murdered in Auschwitz.[4] They lived with an aunt briefly, but returned to Orveillon's house and café, where they lived until the liberation of Paris in August 1944; while they lived with Orveillon, the boys were integrated and educated while keeping their names.[3][4][5]

black and white photograph of two boys standing on either side of an older woman under a tree
Orveillon with Roland (left) and Gérard Moryoussef (right), who she hid during the Holocaust.

The honor of belonging to the Righteous Among the Nations was bestowed upon her in 2009, and her name is recorded on the wall of the just in the garden.[2] Her name is also included on the Wall of the Righteous at the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Douze Justes parmi les Nations en Bretagne". Ouest-France (in French). 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  2. ^ a b "Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2020" (PDF). Yad Vashem. 2020. p. 53. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Anne-Marie Orveillon Gouvary". Comité Français pour Yad Vashem (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  4. ^ a b c d "Anne-Marie Orveillon". Anonymes, Justes et Persécutés durant la période Nazie dans les communes de France (in French). November 4, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "Les enfants cachés de Madame Orveillon" [The hidden children of Madame Orveillon] (PDF). Le Petit Bleu (PDF) (in French). February 15, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2022.