Annette Chalut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Annette Chalut

French resistance fighter and physician

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1924

Place of Birth: Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Profession: resistance fighter, general practitioner

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Annette Chalut

  • Annette Chalut (nĂ©e Annette Brigitte Weill; born 29 April 1924) is a French physician who was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War. Annette Weill was born in Paris, the daughter of Pierre Weill, a veteran of the First World War, and his wife Emma Alexandre.
  • On the outbreak of war, Pierre became an interpreter for the British army.
  • He was arrested in December 1941 because of his Jewish ethnicity, but was released in March 1942, on the intervention of his wife.
  • The family decided to leave for the free region of France.
  • At Toulouse, Annette succeeded in passing her PCB exams, the first stage in a medical qualification.
  • Along with her father, she joined the Resistance.
  • After a time, the Germans invaded this region of France too. Pierre was arrested again, this time along with his daughter, and she was imprisoned at Fort de Romainville.
  • On 13 May 1944, she was transported to RavensbrĂĽck concentration camp.
  • From there she was sent on to Hannover-Limmer concentration camp, which began operation in August 1944; there she was forced to work on the manufacture of gas masks.
  • Finally she was sent to Bergen-Belsen, where she survived until the liberation of 15 April 1945.
  • At this point she was in a poor physical state, weighing only 35 kilos; nevertheless she volunteered to remain behind to help treat those whose suffering was even greater. After the war she got married and completed her medical qualifications.
  • She became a general practitioner and a member of the Medico-Social Commission of the Concours national de la rĂ©sistance et de la dĂ©portation.
  • From 1992 she served as a member of the International RavensbrĂĽck Committee, and was its president from 1999 to 2015.In 2015 Annette Chalut returned to RavensbrĂĽck in Germany to take a leading role in the celebrations commemorating the liberation of the concentration camp there.
  • On 1 January 2016 she was awarded the rank of grand officier of the LĂ©gion d’honneur.

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