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  Suzanne Spaak
Suzanne Spaak was born into a prosperous Belgian banking family sometime around 1905.
Because of who she was, Suzanne Spaak's offer of assistance was greeted with a certain amount of skepticism by members of the French Resistance who wondered if this pampered and sophisticated woman would last under difficult and dangerous conditions.
In 1985, Suzanne Spaak's valor and humanity was recognized by the government of Israel, designating her as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" in honors at the national Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem.
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 Suzanne Spaak: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Suzanne Spaak was born into a prosperous Belgian (A native or inhabitant of Belgium) banking family sometime around 1905.
Because of who she was, Suzanne Spaak's offer of assistance was greeted with a certain amount of skepticism by members of the French Resistance (additional info and facts about French Resistance) who wondered if this pampered and sophisticated woman would last under difficult and dangerous conditions.
A mother of two children, Suzanne Spaak worked doggedly to save the lives of Jewish children who were facing deportation to the German death camp (A concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed) s.
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 Encyclopedia: Paul Henri Spaak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Spaak gained international prominence in 1945, when he was elected chairman of the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Spaak was also instrumental in the choice of Brussels as the new seat of the Alliance's HQ in 1966.
Spaak died aged 73, on July 31, 1972 in his home in Braine-l'Alleud near Brussels, and was buried at the Foriest graveyard in Braine-l'Alleud.
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 SUZANNE SPAAK INFORMATION FROM BOOKS AND WRITTEN REFERENCES
Living in Paris,_France with her husband and two children, Suzanne Spaak enjoyed a life of luxury and prestige as one of the city's leading socialites.
A mother of two children, Suzanne Spaak worked doggedly to save the lives of Jewish children who were facing deportation to the German death_camps.
In 1985, Suzanne Spaak's valor and humanity was recognized by the government of Israel, designating her as one of the Righteous_Among_the_Nations in honours at the national Holocaust Memorial, Yad_Vashem.
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Spaak, Paul Henri Spaak, Paul Henripôl äNrē´ späk, 1899-1972, Belgian statesman and Socialist leader.
She was champion of French women's singles (1920-23, 1925-26) and one of the winners of women's doubles (1925-26); from 1919 to 1923 and again in 1925 she won the British women's singles c...
Necker, Suzanne (Curchod) Necker, Suzanne (Curchod)süzän´ kürshō´ nĕkĕr´, 1739-94, French writer; wife of Jacques Necker and mother of Mme de Staël.
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 Encyclopedia: Suzanne Spaak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish community and of the European Union.
Because of who she was, Suzanne Spaak's offer of assistance was greeted with a certain amount of skepticism by members of the
Jews desperately sought help, Spaak walked all over the city of Paris in an effort to find a hospital willing to take the risk of treating Jews who were in hiding and in dire need of medical attention.
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 France - Spaak, Suzanne
Suzanne Spaak lived in Paris with her husband Claude, a filmmaker, and their two children.
Aronson described her single-mindedness and devotion as follows: “Spaak belonged to those idealists who jettison their private lives, personal wishes, and material concerns as soon as a great ideal enters their hearts.” Spaak was given a position in the “Red Orchestra” intelligence network and devised daring solutions to intelligence agents’ problems.
Spaak was an active participant in an operation initiated by Pastor Paul Vergara and Marcelle Guillemot that smuggled more than sixty children to safety.
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 Suzanne Spaak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Suzanne Spaak was born into a prosperous Belgian banking family sometime around1905.
A mother of two children, Suzanne Spaak worked doggedly to save the lives of Jewish children who were facing deportation tothe German death camps.
Captured members were brutally tortured and several broke, divulging network secretsthat, over the ensuing eighteen months, allowed for more than six hundred people to be arrested including Suzanne Spaak in Paris.Sent by the Gestapo to Fresnes prison in October of 1943, she was keptin horrific conditions and subjected to torture.
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Born in Paris, the daughter of Jacques and Suzanne Necker, she early absorbed the intellectual and political atmosphere of her mother's salon.
He was the son of the painter Suzanne Valadon and was adopted by the writer Miguel Utrillo.
Most of his 12 operas, which adapted the opera buffa style of the 18th cent., were first produced in Germany.
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 Spak - SPAK ~Society for the Protection of Alex Krycek All and more you ever wanted to know about the one and only Alex ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Suzanne Spaak was born into a prosperous Belgian.
Spaak gained international prominence in 1945, when he was elected chairman of the first session of UN General Assembly in Paris, Spaak apostrophized the Russian delegation with the.
Spaak studied law in Brussels and became a member of the Socialist Belgian Labour Party in 1920 Spaak gained international prominence in 1945, when he was elected chairman of the.
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 Suzanne Spaak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In early 1943, she was part of a group that saved more than sixty Jewish children who were about to be deported from the Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF) centers.
In 1985, Suzanne Spaak's valor and humanity was recognized by the government of Israel, designating her as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in honours at the national Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem.
This page was last modified 16:24, 1 January 2006.
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 Red Orchestra - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
Belgian-born socialite Suzanne Spaak joined the Red Orchestra's Parisian network, after being appalled by the conduct of the Nazi occupiers.
Agents' motivations were not always ideological; Rudolf von Scheliha spied for money to maintain his opulent lifestyle.
Most agents were executed, including Suzanne Spaak at Fresnes Prison just thirteen days before liberation came in 1944.
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 Sta Travel
Always good to see serious work from a Euro scholar Norwikian 15:39, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC) ::Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not actually a scholar, I'm more of a dilettante.
I came across Suzanne Spaak, the wife of Paul-Henri Spaak's brother, Claude Spaak.
I had a hard time finding much on her background so I did the best biography I could.
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 Articles - Red Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Belgian-born socialite Suzanne Spaak joined the Parisian network of the Trepper Group after being appalled by the conduct of the Nazi occupiers in her country.
Eventually the Abwehr triangulated the radio transmissions of Johann Wenzel, an agent of the Trepper group in Belgium, and arrested him.
Operations by the Trepper group had been entirely eliminated by the spring of 1943.
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 Belkin Surge Suppressors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Many used improvised sound suppressors on their pistols to further reduce the noise.
Suzanne Spaak 9: f to ridding France and her native Belgium of its suppressors.
Suppressor 3: Suppressors are most effective when the bullet's velocity doe 5: lly called "silencers", but this is inaccurate as suppressors lessen the sound of a firearm's muzzle blast only 7: Early suppressors were created around the beginning of the 20th c 9: Legal regulation of suppressors varies widely around the world.
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 The Ultimate List of people who helped Jews during the Holocaust Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Corrie ten Boom, rescued many Jews in Holland - was sent to Ravensbrück
Suzanne Spaak, wealthy socialite who saved Jewish children in France
Johan Hendrik Weidner, escape network rescued 800 Jews
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