Adélaïde Hautval née Haas
born in Le Hohwald on January 1, – died in Groslay on October 12,
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The doctor Adélaïde Hautval from Alsace crossed the demarcation line in Vierzon between the unoccupied north and the occupied south of France without permission in May , and was arrested. In Bourges prison, she protested against Jews having to wear the yellow star. She was then taken to an internment camp for Jews, and had to wear an armband printed with “Amie des Juifs” (friend of the Jews).
In January , she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. As a prisoner medic, she resisted the SS doctors’ orders to take part in medical experiments on inmates on several occasions. She was transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp in August There too, she helped the other women as a prisoner doctor. After the camp’s liberation, she took care of the severely ill prisoners.
She testified against former SS doctors in several post-war trials. She was honored in Israel as Righteous Among the Nations in After her female partner’s death, she committed suicide at the age of
The Haas-Hautval family in Hohwald, around ; the youngest daughter Adélaïde is sit
Adelaide Hautval
Hautval was working a clinic in southwestern France when Nazi Germany defeated and occupied France in mid Her first act of overt defiance of the Nazis came in April , as she attempted to travel without authorization into German-occupied France to visit her mortally ill mother. In the station platform in Bourges, she witnessed German authorities mistreating a Jewish family. Speaking to them in their own language, she told the Germans to leave the Jews in peace. When one of the tormentors asked her, "But don't you see, they're only Jews," she retorted, "So what? They are people like any others, leave them alone." She was arrested and jailed.
In Auschwitz-Birkenau, after she was denounced for refusing to participate in what she considered unnecessary and inhumane experiments on female Jewish inmates, Chief SS doctor Eduard Wirths asked why; she answered that it was contrary to principles she held as a physician. "Can't you see that these people are different from you?" asked Wirths. "Dr. Wirths," replied Hautval, "there are a great many other people who are different from me, starting with you." Although she expected her response to provoke dire consequ
Hautval, Adelaide (–)
French physician who, as an Auschwitz prisoner, refused to participate in medical experiments on Jewish prisoners. Name variations: Haidi Hautval. Born in Hohwald im Elsass, Germany (now Le Hohwald, Alsace, France), on January 1, ; died on October 17, ; daughter of a Protestant pastor.
Israel's Yad Vashem recognized her as a "Righteous Among the Nations" (April ).
Adelaide Hautval was born in into the family of a Protestant pastor in Alsace when that province was part of the German Reich. Known to her friends as Haidi, she received a medical degree in psychiatry from the University of Strasbourg
and then returned in to her village of Le Hohwald to help in the management of a home for handicapped children. She had found employment in a clinic in southwestern France when Nazi Germany defeated and occupied France in mid In April , after receiving word that her mother was mortally ill, she requested travel permits to visit her. Refused, Hautval decided to travel without authorization. She was detained at the demarcation line between the German-occupied region and the "free" area of France controlled by the collaborationist regime in Vichy. While wait
Dr. Adélaïde Hautval
France
Dr Adélaïde Hautval vivait dans une région du sud de la France contrôlée par Vichy, où elle exerçait le métier de psychiatre. En avril , elle apprend le décès de sa mère qui résidait à Paris, alors sous occupation allemande. Souhaitant assister aux funérailles de sa mère, Hautval demande aux autorités allemandes l’autorisation d'entrer en zone occupée. Suite à leur refus, Hautval décide de prendre le risque de traverser la ligne de démarcation. Sa tentative échoue et elle est arrêtée par la police allemande et transférée dans une prison de Bourges. En juin , des prisonniers juifs portant l’étoile jaune commencent à affluer dans la prison. Hautval proteste vigoureusement contre la façon dont ils sont traités, en disant aux gardiens : « Les Juifs sont des gens comme les autres. » En réponse à cela, il est décidé qu’elle partagera désormais leur sort. Refusant de se laisser décourager, Hautval épingle sur ses vêtements un morceau de papier jaune portant la mention « amie des Juifs ».
En janvier , après avoir été en détention dans les camps de Pithiviers et de Beaune-la-Rolande et en prison à Romain
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