Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe | |
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Born | Suzanne Henriette Charlotte Deutsch de la Meurthe September 20, 1892 Paris |
Died | November 29, 1937 Paris | (aged 45)
Nationality | French |
Parent | Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe |
Suzanne Henriette Charlotte Deutsch de la Meurthe (20 September 1892 – 29 November 1937) was a French Jewish philanthropist who inherited a fortune from her father, a highly successful industrialist. She is remembered for restoring the village of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne which was devastated during the First World War and for launching a more effective version of the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, triggering the development of civil aviation in France in the 1930s.[1][2][3]