| Name | Mme. Renée Jeanne WEIGEL | Aliases | Contusson(?) Meuse |
| Date of birth | 5 November 1906 | Profession | Cashier in a restaurant |
| Address | 21 rue Marlot, Reims, Marne, France | Spouse/ Children |
Divorced |
| Position | Safehouse & escort | Awards | Medal of Freedom (US) |
| References | NARA:RG498/290/55/27/2
Box 406 - Awards' file - Renée Weigel See text for other references |
Last updated on
30 September 2013
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SYNOPSIS
Oct 1943 |
Vernon
Clark (USAAF) |
Sheltered for 1/2 days. Received from M.Brion of Bar-le-Duc & handed on to Raymonde Beuré. |
26 Oct 1943 |
Raymond
Bye (USAAF) Merle Woodside (USAAF) |
Conveyed them by train from Bar-le-Duc to Reims. Sheltered
them for 3-4 days. Received from Cdt. Langlois (head of Bar le Duc resistance) & handed on to Raymonde Beuré. |
~28 Nov - ~15 Dec 1943 |
Ian Robb (RAF) | Received from Raymonde Beuré & Conrad Lafleur & then handed back to Raymonde. |
~28 Nov - 30 Dec 1943 |
Carlyle Darling (USAAF) | Received from Raymonde Beuré & Conrad Lafleur & then handed back to Raymonde. |
~29 Nov - 30 Dec 1943 |
Robert DeGhetto | Received from Raymonde Beuré & handed back to her. |
Renée's mother, Lucienne, who appeared to live at the same address did all the cooking for the airmen.
Renée Weigel was arrested for sheltering evaders on 9 June 1944 & deported to Sarrebruck Neue Bremm on 3-4 July 1943, then transferred to Ravensbrück. Serial number 47185. She was liberated on 13-15 April 1944. In poor health, she was taken to a sanatorium in Switzerland, by the Red Cross, to recover.