Gilberte

Gilberte Champion (born Gilberte Gueunier; 1913 – 2020) was a French resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor. She was awarded Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor on 9 February 1967; she was promoted to Grand Officer on 13 July 1980; and then promoted to the highest rank of Grand Cross on 14 July 2008.

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Gilberte Champion was a member of the Jade-Fitzroy network of the French Resistance where she was a radio operator. She was arrested by the Gestapo in April 1943. She was tortured by Klaus Barbie, but she revealed nothing, not even her true identity. She was then deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women.

Gilberte Brossolette (née Bruel) was a French journalist and politician. A member of the French Resistance during the Second World War, she was the wife of journalist and politician Pierre Brossolette (1903-1944).

This is the "real" name of Gigi, the title character of Colette's story (and the play and movie of that name).