Suzanne Mertzizen, the Glossary
Suzanne Camille Mertzizen or Mertzisen (15 May 1919 – 18 January 1945) was a French heroine of World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive and was executed by the Nazi government.[1]
Table of Contents
16 relations: Bedfordshire, Colombes, Constantine, Algeria, Eugénie Djendi, Government of Nazi Germany, Legion of Honour, Marie-Louise Cloarec, Merlinettes, Mort pour la France, Pierrette Louin, Ravensbrück concentration camp, Resistance Medal, Special Operations Executive, Staouéli, Tempsford Memorial, World War II.
- French people executed in Nazi concentration camps
- People from Colombes
- People who died in Ravensbrück concentration camp
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England.
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Colombes
Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris.
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Constantine, Algeria
Constantine (Qusanṭīnah), also spelled Qacentina or Kasantina, is the capital of Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria.
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Eugénie Djendi
Eugénie Malika Djendi (1918 – 18 January 1945) was a French heroine of World War II, who served in the Special Operations Executive and was executed by the Nazi government. Suzanne Mertzizen and Eugénie Djendi are 20th-century French women, Female resistance members of World War II, French Resistance members, French people executed in Nazi concentration camps, French women in World War II, people executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad and Recipients of the Resistance Medal.
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Government of Nazi Germany
The government of Nazi Germany was a totalitarian dictatorship governed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party according to the Führerprinzip.
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Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.
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Marie-Louise Cloarec
Marie-Louise Joséphine Cloarec (10 May 1917 – 18 January 1945) was a French heroine of World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive and was executed by the Nazi government. Suzanne Mertzizen and Marie-Louise Cloarec are 20th-century French women, Female resistance members of World War II, French Resistance members, French people executed in Nazi concentration camps, French women in World War II, people executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad and Recipients of the Resistance Medal.
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Merlinettes
Merlinettes was the colloquial name given to the women of the (CFT, "Women's Signal Corps") of the French army during World War II. Suzanne Mertzizen and Merlinettes are Female resistance members of World War II and French women in World War II.
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Mort pour la France
Mort pour la France is a legal expression in France and an honour awarded to people who died during a conflict, usually in service of the country.
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Pierrette Louin
Pierrette Denise Louin (1 October 1920 – 18 January 1945) was a French heroine of World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive and was executed by the Nazi government. Suzanne Mertzizen and Pierrette Louin are 20th-century French women, Female resistance members of World War II, French Resistance members, French people executed in Nazi concentration camps, French women in World War II, people executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad, people who died in Ravensbrück concentration camp and Recipients of the Resistance Medal.
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Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück was a Nazi concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel).
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Resistance Medal
The Resistance Medal (Médaille de la Résistance) was a decoration bestowed by the French Committee of National Liberation, based in the United Kingdom, during World War II.
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Special Operations Executive
Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.
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Staouéli
Staouéli (Berber: ⵚⵟⴰⵡⴰⵍⵉ) is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria.
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Tempsford Memorial
The Tempsford Memorial is a war memorial in the village of Tempsford in Bedfordshire.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
French people executed in Nazi concentration camps
- Édouard Crémieux
- Andrée Borrel
- Benjamin Crémieux
- Charles Delestraint
- Denise Bloch
- Edmond Etling
- Eliane Plewman
- Eugénie Djendi
- France Antelme
- Francis Suttill
- Georges André Kohn
- Georges Journois
- Gilbert Norman
- Gustave Biéler
- Jacques Stosskopf
- Léonce Vieljeux
- Lilian Rolfe
- Madeleine Damerment
- Marcel Clech
- Marie-Louise Cloarec
- Maurice Pertschuk
- Pierrette Louin
- Robert Benoist
- Simone Michel-Lévy
- Suzanne Mertzizen
- Violette Szabo
- Yolande Beekman
People from Colombes
- Abel Jacquin
- Alain Saint-Ogan
- Alexandre Postel
- Alexis Bachelay
- André Chéron
- Axel Tony
- Charles Louis Joseph Vandame
- Charles-Henri Pourquet
- Claude Mérelle
- Dominique Frelaut
- Eugène Chavant
- Fabrice Calmels
- Jacques Guerlain
- Jacques Montéran
- Jean-Jacques Bourdin
- Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac
- Julien Paolini
- Lise Delamare
- Luc Ferry
- Michel Roux (actor)
- Nathanaël Gouin
- Robert Hennion
- Rosine Delamare
- Suzanne Mertzizen
People who died in Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Agnieszka Pilchowa
- Anica Černej
- Annemarie Oestreicher
- Annie de Montfort
- Betsie ten Boom
- Cecily Lefort
- Charlotte Zinke
- Denise Bloch
- Elise Augustat
- Elise Saborovsky Ewert
- Elli Smula
- Erna Eifler
- Fritz Wolffheim
- Gabrielle Weidner
- Georg Streiter
- Germaine Tambour
- Grażyna Chrostowska
- Grete De Francesco
- Halina Krahelska
- Helena Kuipers-Rietberg
- Johanna Tesch
- Jožka Jabůrková
- Käthe Latzke
- Käthe Leichter
- Käthe Niederkirchner
- Klára Červenková
- Lilian Rolfe
- Louisa Gould
- Madeleine Tambour
- Maria Grollmuß
- Marie Bouffa
- Marie Reynoard
- Mary Helen Young
- Mathilde Verspyck
- Milena Jesenská
- Natalia Tułasiewicz
- Pierrette Louin
- Suzanne Mertzizen
- Violette Szabo
- Wieke Bosch
- Wiktoria Goryńska
- Yvonne Chollet
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Mertzizen
Also known as Suzanne Camille Mertzisen, Suzanne Camille Mertzizen.