Rivet was born to an Alsatian mother and French naval officer father.[1] After the death of her father in 1910, she moved with her mother to Lyon.[1] She worked for a time in a hair salon before joining the convent of the medical sisters of Notre Dame de Compassion in Lyon in 1912. In 1933 she became Mère Marie Élisabeth de l'Eucharistie, the convent's Mother Superior.[2][3]
On March 24, 1944, she and her assistant were arrested by the Gestapo and taken to the Montluc prison in Lyon. From there, she was taken to Romainville, before being shipped to Ravensbrück concentration camp near Berlin, Germany. There, stripped of her religious garments, she was forced into hard labor. Rivet volunteered to go to the gas chamber on March 30, 1945, in place of a mother only weeks before Germany surrendered unconditionally.[5][6] She was 55 years old.
Legacyedit
In 1961, the government of France honored her with her portrait on a Heroes of the Resistance postage stamp. A street bearing her name was inaugurated in Brignais (Lyon) on December 2, 1979. In 1996, she was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.[4] In 1997, she was posthumously awarded the Médaille des Justes. In 1999, a lecture hall at the Institut des Sciences de l'Homme in Lyon was named Salle Élise Rivet in her honor.
^Saidel, Rochelle G. (2004). The Jewish Women of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 32. ISBN978-0-299-19860-2.
^Curvat, Serge (2003). Les lieux secrets de la Résistance: Lyon, 1940-1944. Editions Xavier Lejeune. p. 204. ISBN978-2-907608-41-1.
^ abYadvashem. "The Righteous Among The Nations, Rivet Elisabeth". db.yadvashem.org.
^University of Minnesota Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
^Cabanel, Patrick (22 February 2012). Histoire des Justes en France. Armand Colin. p. 24. ISBN978-2-200-27683-6.
External linksedit
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English-language article
Article on philatelic representations of Mère Elise
April 09, 2024
Élise, rivet, also, known, mère, marie, Élisabeth, eucharistie, january, 1890, draria, algeria, march, 1945, ravensbrück, concentration, camp, germany, catholic, world, heroine, rivet, volunteered, chamber, place, mother, german, concentration, camp, ravensbrü. Elise Rivet also known as Mere Marie Elisabeth de l Eucharistie January 19 1890 Draria Algeria March 30 1945 Ravensbruck concentration camp Germany was a Catholic nun and World War II heroine Rivet volunteered to go to the gas chamber in place of a mother in the German concentration camp of Ravensbruck Elise Rivet Contents 1 Early life 2 World War II 3 Legacy 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editRivet was born to an Alsatian mother and French naval officer father 1 After the death of her father in 1910 she moved with her mother to Lyon 1 She worked for a time in a hair salon before joining the convent of the medical sisters of Notre Dame de Compassion in Lyon in 1912 In 1933 she became Mere Marie Elisabeth de l Eucharistie the convent s Mother Superior 2 3 World War II editAfter the fall of the French Third Republic to Nazi Germany in World War II she began hiding refugees from the Gestapo and eventually used her convent to store weapons and ammunition for the Mouvements Unis de la Resistance MUR at the request of Albert Chambonnet 1 4 On March 24 1944 she and her assistant were arrested by the Gestapo and taken to the Montluc prison in Lyon From there she was taken to Romainville before being shipped to Ravensbruck concentration camp near Berlin Germany There stripped of her religious garments she was forced into hard labor Rivet volunteered to go to the gas chamber on March 30 1945 in place of a mother only weeks before Germany surrendered unconditionally 5 6 She was 55 years old Legacy editIn 1961 the government of France honored her with her portrait on a Heroes of the Resistance postage stamp A street bearing her name was inaugurated in Brignais Lyon on December 2 1979 In 1996 she was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations 4 In 1997 she was posthumously awarded the Medaille des Justes In 1999 a lecture hall at the Institut des Sciences de l Homme in Lyon was named Salle Elise Rivet in her honor See also editMaximilian KolbeReferences edit a b c catholique a Lyon Saidel Rochelle G 2004 The Jewish Women of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp University of Wisconsin Press p 32 ISBN 978 0 299 19860 2 Curvat Serge 2003 Les lieux secrets de la Resistance Lyon 1940 1944 Editions Xavier Lejeune p 204 ISBN 978 2 907608 41 1 a b Yadvashem The Righteous Among The Nations Rivet Elisabeth db yadvashem org University of Minnesota Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Cabanel Patrick 22 February 2012 Histoire des Justes en France Armand Colin p 24 ISBN 978 2 200 27683 6 External links editFrench language biographical article English language article Article on philatelic representations of Mere Elise Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elise Rivet amp oldid 1158522235, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
