Madeleine Cestari

Madeleine Cestari (October 7, 1921 – August 12, 2016) was a French Resistance fighter from France. A member of the Confrérie Notre-Dame network, she was arrested in 1942 and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944.

Madeleine Cestari
BornOctober 7, 1921
Vannes
DiedAugust 12, 2016
Vannes
NationalityFrance

Biography

Born Madeleine Alice Renault on October 7, 1921 [1] in Vannes to Léon Renault, professor of philosophy and English and inspector general of an insurance company and her Marie Decker, daughter of composer Théodore Decker. Madeleine Renault came from a family of ten. Her brother was Gilbert Renault, Colonel Rémy and her sister was Maisie Renault. Her other siblings included Isabelle, born on 26 August 1923 and also deported, and Philippe, born 29 March 1915, deported and later killed in Lübeck-Neustadt Bay, 3 May 1945, both members of the Confrérie Notre Dame-Castille network.[2][3][4][5] With her sister, Cestari was arrested in 1942 by the Gestapo. She was imprisoned in Vannes, in the Royallieu-Compiègne internment camp and in Romainville , before being deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. She remained there, with her sister, until the camp was liberated by the Soviet Army in April 1945. She died on 12 August 2016 in Vannes.[2][3][4][6][7][5][8][9]

Honors

References and sources
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  5. Ouest-France (2016-08-16). "La résistante, Madeleine Cestari, n'est plus". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  6. "Décret du 7 novembre 2014 portant nomination au grade de chevalier". Legifrance (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  7. "Nantes : Madeleine, une femme au coeur d'or". Dailymotion. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  8. Renault, M. (2015). La Grande Misère (in French). Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08-135703-7. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  9. Ouest-France (2016-08-16). "Nécrologie : la Résistante Madeleine Cestari". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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