Elisabeth de Rothschild (March 9, 1902, Paris, France - March 23, 1945, Ravensbrück, Germany) was a member by marriage of the wine-making branch of the Rothschild family. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... View of the barracks at Ravensbrück Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp located 90 km north of Berlin. ... Rothschild Coat of Arms The Mayer Amschel Rothschild family is a successful banking and finance dynasty of German Jewish origin that established operations across Europe, and was ennobled by the Austro-Hungarian and British governments. ...

Born Elisabeth Pelletier de Chambure and known as Lili, she was the daughter of Auguste Pelletier de Chambure, mayor of Escrignelles, a member of a Catholic family whose roots were in the Burgundy region. Coat of arms of the 2nd duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples, most importantly the Burgundians and the Franks. ...

In 1935, immediately after her divorce from her first husband, Maurice Rheims, she married her lover, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, a member of the prominent Rothschild family and the owner of one of France's most famous vineyards, the Château Mouton Rothschild in Pauillac in the Médoc. They had two children: Baron Philippe de Rothschild (April 13, 1902 - January 20, 1988) was a member of the Rothschild family who became a Grand Prix race-car driver, a scriptwriter, a theatrical producer, a poet, and the most successful wine grower in the world. ... Château Mouton Rothschild, located 50 km (30 mi) north-west of the city of Bordeaux, France in an area known as the Médoc, specifically the village of Pauillac. ... Pauillac is a small village and port on the Gironde estuary, famed for producing some of the finest and longest-lasting red wine in the world. ... The Médoc is one of the most famous of the French wine-growing regions, consisting of the region in the département of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. ...

• Philippine de Rothschild (1935-)
• Charles Henri de Rothschild (1937-1937), born deformed and died soon after birth

Following the occupation of France by the German army during World War II, she and her then-estranged husband were arrested by the Vichy government and the vineyard property seized. Philippe de Rothschild escaped and made his way to England where he joined the Free French Forces of General Charles de Gaulle. However, the Gestapo shipped Rothschild's wife, who had since reverted to her maiden name of Elisabeth Pelletier de Chambure, to Ravensbrück, a German concentration camp located about 50 miles north of Berlin. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Presidential flag of Vichy France Vichy France, or the Vichy regime (in French, now called: Régime de Vichy or Vichy; at the time, called itself: État Français, or French State) was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres in French) were French fighters in World War II, who decided to go on fighting against Axis forces after the surrender of France and German occupation, following the call of General De Gaulle, and the de jure government of France in exile... General Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle ( â–¶(?)) (November 22, 1890-November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as général De Gaulle or Le Général, was a French military leader and statesman. ... The Deaths Head emblem, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The (?) (acronym of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... View of the barracks at Ravensbrück Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp located 90 km north of Berlin. ... A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ...

In 1945, with the advance of the Allied armies into Germany, and the end of the War in sight, the Germans began a massive amount of killings in the gas chamber at Ravensbrück. On March 23, 1945, only weeks before the War ended, Lili de Chambure was gassed. It was ironic that the only member of the Jewish Rothschild family who was killed by the Nazis was Lili de Chambure, a Catholic. In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... A gas chamber is a means of execution whereby a poisonous gas is introduced into a hermetically sealed chamber. ...