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Adelaide Hautval. French Physician. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/flickers_of_light/adelaide_hautval.asp. What Started Her Helping.
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Adelaide Hautval French Physician http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/flickers_of_light/adelaide_hautval.asp
What Started Her Helping • Adelaide’s mother died in 1942. She was not allowed to go to the funeral, because the border was closed. She decided to sneak over the border and she was arrested and put in prison.
Life in Prison • When she was in prison she was with many Jewish prisoners. She was mad at the guards mistreating Jewish prisoners. She told the guards, ”They are human beings just like us.” The guard replied, ”From now on, you shall be treated like a Jew.” She had to wear a yellow patch stating ”Friend of the Jews.”
In Death Camps • She was sent to Birkenau death camp along with two hundred French women prisoners. She was considered “the saint” because she healed prisoners from getting typhus other diseases.
After War • After the war, her camp was liberated and she was finally free again. But from the malnutrition from the camps her health was forever impacted. Quote-“The Jews are people like everybody else.”
Link • http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/flickers_of_light/adelaide_hautval.asp