What is Paulette Sarcey?
'''Paulette Sarcey''' (11 April 1924 – 5 May 2020) was a French resistant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.humanite.fr/disparition-paulette-sarcey-le-combat-obstine-de-la-resistance-688729|title=Disparition. Paulette Sarcey, le combat obstiné de la résistance|date=5 May 2020|work=L'Humanité|language=French}}</ref> She was a member of the [[French Resistance]] in [[World War II]]. She was born in [[Paris]]. She changed her name to Martine while in hiding, but was captured by police of the [[Vichy Regime]] on 23 March 1943. She was taken to a small station of the [[Paris Police Prefecture]]. Sarcey was first taken to [[Drancy internment camp]], then to [[Auschwitz]] on 23 June 1943. Following the [[Death marches (Holocaust)|death marches]], she was taken to [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]]. She was freed on 2 May 1945. Sarcey died on 5 May 2020 at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fr.timesofisrael.com/deces-de-paulette-sarcey-juive-communiste-resistante-et-deportee-a-auschwitz/|title=Décès de Paulette Sarcey, Juive communiste, résistante et déportée à Auschwitz|date=5 May 2020|work=The Times of Israël|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarcey, Paulette}} [[Category:Politicians from Paris]] [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French World War II resistance members]] {{bio-stub}}