1. Louise Thuliez was a French schoolteacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author.
11 Facts About Louise Thuliez
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When World War I broke out, Louise Thuliez was working as a teacher in Saint-Waast-la Vallee.
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Louise Thuliez became part of an underground network that helped allied soldiers who were trapped behind enemy lines to get out of Belgium and into Holland.
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Louise Thuliez worked closely with Edith Cavell, Philippe Baucq and Princess Marie of Croy.
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Louise Thuliez was the first to be arrested, along with Philippe Baucq on 31 July 1915.
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Louise Thuliez was sentenced to death by German court martial but the sentence was later reduced to life in prison due to the intervention of Alfonso XIII of Spain.
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Louise Thuliez was imprisoned in Saint-Gilles prison in Brussels and released on 8 November 1918.
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Louise Thuliez published a book in 1933 on her experiences in prison, titled Condemned to Death which won a Montyon Prize in 1935.
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Louise Thuliez worked with Princess Marie de Croy again during World War II.
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Louise Thuliez helped Allied soldiers escape from the Auvergne region of occupied France while de Croy hid soldiers in a chateau in Bellignies.
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In 1970, a statue of Louise Thuliez was erected in Preux-au-Bois and a street in Paris was named after her in 1974.