Anne Beaumanoir was introduced to the Lisopravski family, and its two youngest members, the son, Daniel, aged 16, and the daughter, Simone, aged 14, agreed to go with her.
10 Facts About Anne Beaumanoir
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Anne Beaumanoir took them to a hiding place where several members of the French Resistance were staying.
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Anne Beaumanoir was not in Paris at the time; when she returned, she collected the youths from their temporary hiding place and took them to live with her parents at their home in Dinan.
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In Dinan, her father, Jean Anne Beaumanoir, was interrogated by the police, who suspected that he was a member of the Resistance, but was released for lack of evidence.
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Anne Beaumanoir became a professor of neurology, and married a doctor.
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Anne Beaumanoir had a falling out with the PCF, and left it in 1955.
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Anne Beaumanoir returned to Paris, where she became a medical researcher.
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Anne Beaumanoir sided with the FLN in the Algerian War, and was arrested in November 1959 and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.
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In retirement, Anne Beaumanoir lived partly in her hometown of Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Cotes-d'Armor in Brittany, and partly in Dieulefit in the Drome department.
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Anne Beaumanoir was recognised as one of the Righteous Among the Nations on 27 August 1996 by Yad Vashem, along with her parents.