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Pierrette-Marcelle (Cathie) Poirier-Prous (1909-?) rescued 236
Jewish children and numerous Jewish adults between 1941 and
1944.
In 1941, recently widowed, she moved to Poitiers, where she was
alarmed to see Jewish children marked with the yellow star. The
concentration camp nearby, Route de Limoges, released the
children each day, to be fed by local Jewish families, then locked
them up at nightfall. Cathie brought dozens of these children into her
home for French lessons, which improved their chances of escaping
deportation to death camps.
Working with several service organizations, the French Resistance,
and with the support of the Archbishop of Bourges, she found shelter
for the children with families, convents, and schools. As part of a
network, she distributed smuggled funds to help sustain them. She
also rescued many Jewish adults from Poland and Czechoslovakia.
The authorities frequently detained and sometimes arrested her.
Each time, she managed to save herself. By the end, she suffered
malnutrition and mental collapse, from which she felt she never fully
recovered.
Jewish children and numerous Jewish adults between 1941 and
1944.
In 1941, recently widowed, she moved to Poitiers, where she was
alarmed to see Jewish children marked with the yellow star. The
concentration camp nearby, Route de Limoges, released the
children each day, to be fed by local Jewish families, then locked
them up at nightfall. Cathie brought dozens of these children into her
home for French lessons, which improved their chances of escaping
deportation to death camps.
Working with several service organizations, the French Resistance,
and with the support of the Archbishop of Bourges, she found shelter
for the children with families, convents, and schools. As part of a
network, she distributed smuggled funds to help sustain them. She
also rescued many Jewish adults from Poland and Czechoslovakia.
The authorities frequently detained and sometimes arrested her.
Each time, she managed to save herself. By the end, she suffered
malnutrition and mental collapse, from which she felt she never fully
recovered.
