Gabrielle Weidner (August 17, 1914, Brussels, Belgium – February 17, 1945, Königsberg, Germany) was a heroine of World War II. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... For other uses, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius, Latin: Regiomontium) is a seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest...

The child of Dutch parents, she grew up in Collonges, France in the Ain département, near the Swiss border where her father served as the minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was sent to secondary school in London and as a result of her background, spoke several languages. Collonges is the name of several places: France Collonges is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Collonges, in the Ain département Collonges-au-Mont-dOr, in the Rhône département Collonges_la_Rouge, in the Corrèze département Collonges_lès_Bévy, in the Côte-dOr département Collonges-lès... Ain is a département named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France bordering Switzerland. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ...

A devoutly religious girl, she was living and doing church work in Paris at the outbreak of World War II. With the ensuing German occupation of France, Gabrielle Weidner fled to the south with her brother, Johan Hendrik Weidner. Following the June 22, 1940 signing of the agreement with the Nazis to create Vichy France, she returned to Paris while he brother went to Lyon where he established the "Dutch-Paris" underground. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Johan Hendrik Weidner (French: Jean Henri - English: John Henry) (October 22, 1912, Brussels, Belgium - May 21, 1994, Monterey Park, California, United States) was a highly decorated hero of World War II. Johan Weidner, born to Dutch parents, grew up in Collonges, France in the Ain département near the Swiss... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Presidential flag of Vichy France Vichy France, or the Vichy regime was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II. Now known in French as the Régime de Vichy or Vichy, during its existence it referred to itself as L... City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ...

In Paris, Gabrielle Weidner worked for the Seventh-day Adventist Church and secretly with her brother and other volunteers to help people escape from the Nazis. As one of the significant contributors to French Resistance, their efforts would be responsible for the rescue of at least 1,000 persons, including 800 Jews and more than 100 downed Allied airmen. However, on February 26, 1944 the Gestapo arrested her along with 140 other members of the escape network. She was interrogated and tortured in Fresnes prison in Paris, then shipped in a railway cattle car to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany. The French Resistance is the name used for resistance movements that fought military occupation of France by Nazi Germany and the Vichy France undemocratic regime during World War II after the government and the high command of France surrendered in 1940. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Deaths Head emblem similar to Skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The â–¶(?) (acronym of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Fresnes Prison (Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne near the city of Paris. ... View of the barracks at Ravensbrück Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp located 90 km north of Berlin. ...

At Ravensbrück she was kept in horrific conditions, subjected to beatings, and used as slave labor. On February 17, 1945, Gabrielle Weidner died of malnutrition in a Ravensbrück sub camp a few days after being liberated by Soviet troops. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Soviet redirects here. ...

In Orry-la-Ville in the Oise département of France, she is recorded on a plaque dedicated to the Dutch line resistors. Oise is a département in the north of France named after the Oise River. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...