Annie Genevoix, a celebrated member of the French Resistance during the Second World War, has died at the age of 101. Her passing was confirmed by her family and local officials in Lomont-sur-Crête, the village in eastern France where she lived.
Born in 1924, Genevoix joined the Resistance network "Libération-Nord" in her late teens. She was instrumental in organizing escape routes for Allied airmen and transmitting intelligence. She was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she survived until its liberation.
After the war, she was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance and was named a Commander of the Legion of Honour. She dedicated much of her later life to giving testimony about her experiences to schoolchildren and at memorial sites.
Mayor Jean-Luc Bernard of Lomont-sur-Crête stated, "She was the living memory of our darkest hours and our greatest courage. Her absence leaves a profound void in our community." A private funeral will be held for family, followed by a public commemorative ceremony at the town's war memorial.
