Anne Beaumanoir | |
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Born | |
Died | 4 March 2022 | (aged 98)
Other names | Annette Roger[1] |
Citizenship | France |
Occupation | Neurophysiologist |
Political party | French Communist Party |
Awards | Righteous Among the Nations (1996) |
Righteous Among the Nations |
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Anne Beaumanoir (30 October 1923 – 4 March 2022) was a French neurophysiologist. For her aid to Jews in Brittany during the Second World War, she as well as her parents were recognised as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. A militant communist who was involved with the French Resistance during the Second World War, she was imprisoned for supporting the FLN in the Algerian War.