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  Gabrielle Weidner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gabrielle Weidner (August 17, 1914, Brussels, Belgium – February 17, 1945, Königsberg, Germany) was a heroine of World War II.
With the ensuing German occupation of France, Gabrielle Weidner fled to the south with her brother, Johan Hendrik Weidner.
On February 17, 1945, Gabrielle Weidner died of malnutrition in a Ravensbrück sub camp a few days after being liberated by Soviet troops.
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 Wikipedia: Johan Hendrik Weidner
Johan Weidner, born to Dutch parents, grew up in Collonges, France in the Ain département near the Swiss border where his father served as the minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Gabrielle Weidner was detained by the Gestapo in Paris and after being interrogated and viciously tortured, she was shipped to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany where she suffered horribly and died of malnutrition.
Johan Weidner was arrested by the Germans a second time and was placed on a train with other prisoners for shipping to a concentration camp to be used as slave labor.
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 Johan Hendrik Weidner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For his War efforts, Johan Weidner was awarded the United States Medal of Freedom, made a member of the Order of the British Empire, the Dutch Order of Orange Nassau and the Dutch Medal of Resistance.
The government of Israel honored Weidner as part of the gentiles designated as Righteous Among the Nations at Israel's national Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem where a grove of trees was planted in his name on the Hill of Remembrance along the Avenue of the Righteous.
Also in 1993, the Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Massachusetts, established "The John Henry Weidner Center" for the Cultivation of the Altruistic Spirit.
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Gabrielle was the second of four children born to Dutch parents.
Gabrielle was baptized in the Seventh-Day Adventist faith at the age of 16.
On August 24 Gabrielle was deported from the Fresnes Prison in Paris to the Ravensbrück camp in Germany.
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 Gabrielle Weidner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gabrielle Weidner (August 17 1914 Brussels Belgium - February 17 1945 Königsberg Germany) was a heroine of World War II The child of Dutch parents she grew up in Collonges France in the Ain département near the Swiss border where her father served as minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
A devoutly religious girl she was living doing church work in Paris France at the outbreak of World War With the ensuing German occupation of France Gabrielle Weidner fled the south with her brother Johan Hendrik Weidner.
At Ravensbrück she was kept in horrific subjected to beatings and used as slave On February 17 1945 Gabrielle Weidner died of malnutrition in Ravensbrück sub camp a few days after liberated by Soviet troops.
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 Wikinfo | Gabrielle Weidner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gabrielle Weidner, born August 17, 1914 in Brussels, Belgium - died February 17, 1945 in Koenigsberg, Germany, was a heroine of World War II.
A devoutly religious girl, she was living and doing church work in Paris, France at the outbreak of World War II.
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 Gabrielle Weidner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
A devoutly religious girl, she was living and doing church work in Paris (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) at the outbreak of World War II.
With the ensuing German (A person of German nationality) occupation of France, Gabrielle Weidner fled to the south with her brother, Johan Hendrik Weidner (additional info and facts about Johan Hendrik Weidner).
On February 17, 1945, Gabrielle Weidner died of malnutrition in a Ravensbrück sub camp a few days after being liberated by Soviet (An elected governmental council in a Communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)) troops.
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 Shofar FTP Archives: people/w/weidner.john/weidner.001
Weidner was considered one of the Gestapo's most wanted men because of the importance of many of those lives he saved.
Weidner was a life-long devout Seventh-day Adventist who believed that as a Christian he was compelled to help his fellow men, even when it put him at personal risk.
Weidner is survived by his wife, Naomi; a sister, Annette Hiplch; and a nephew, Charles Hiplch.
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On August 24 Gabrielle was deported from the Fresnes Prison in Paris to the Ravensbrueck camp in Germany.
On February 17, 1945, Gabrielle died of malnutrition in Koenigsberg, a subcamp of Ravensbrueck, just days after being liberated by Soviet troops.
Danuta was born to Roman Catholic parents in the small industrial town of Piotrkow Trybunalski in central Poland.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Gabrielle Weidner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Gabrielle Weidner; all previous versions may be viewed here.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of people who helped Jews during the Holocaust
Suzanne Spaak, wealthy socialite who saved Jewish children in France
Johan Hendrik Weidner, escape network rescued 800 Jews
Aristides Sousa Mendes, diplomat who freely issued visas to Jews fleeing to Portugal
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