Lucie Chevalley

Lucie Chevalley (née Sabatier; 27 July 1882, Le Petit-Quevilly – 1 October 1979 dead at the age of ninety-seven) was the founder of social d'Aide aux Emigrants known as one of the international aids which provides services for refugees in France.

Righteous
Among the Nations
By country

She devoted and dedicated her life to serve for humanitarian organizations she also has a patient of helping refugees. She spent decades helping refugees in her country France and across Europe as well. She also worked as a member of the Council of State in France for refugees and stateless people. In summer 1942 she worked for saving the lives of others and also established the underground organization Entraide Temporaire (Temporary Mutual Assistance) toiled day and night to rescue life of 500 Jewish children.[1][2]

Her father, Auguste Sabatier, is a French reformed theologian and academic.[3]

Awards

References
  1. Chevalley, Lucie. "Lucie Chevalley". Yad Vashem. The world Holocaust Resource Center.
  2. Chevalley, Lucie. "Lucie Sabatier Chevalley". ajpn. Juste parmi les Nations AJPN.
  3. Patrick Cabanel, “Lucie Chevalley”, in Patrick Cabanel & André Encrevé, Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours, tome 1 : A-C , Paris, Les Éditions de Paris/Max Chaleil, 2015 (ISBN 978-2-917743-07-2), p. 680-681.
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