Suzanne Spaak

Suzanne Spaak
Portrait of Suzanne Spaak sitting in a chair.
Born6 July 1905 (1905-07-06)
Brussels, Belgium
Died12 August 1944(1944-08-12) (aged 39)
Fresnes Prison, Fresnes, German-occupied France
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
Righteous
Among the Nations
By country

Suzanne Spaak, née Augustine Lorge known as Suzette Spaak (6 July 1905 – 12 August 1944) was a World War II French Resistance operative. On 21 April 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Spaak as Righteous Among the Nations,[1] for helping to smuggle several Jewish children to safety, by providing them with ration cards and clothing.[1]

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