Solange Sanfourche
French resistance operative
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Solange Sanfourche (18 July 1922 – 12 June 2013), alias Marie-Claude, was a French Resistance fighter in Dordogne during World War II.
Solange Sanfourche | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 July 1922 Carsac-Aillac (Dordogne), France |
| Died | 12 June 2013 (aged 90) Sarlat-la-Canéda (Dordogne) |
| Other name | Marie-Claude |
| Occupation | WWII Resistance operative |
| Spouse | Édouard Valéry (1924–2010) |
Life and work
She was born in Carsac-Aillac (Dordogne), France.[1]
In December 1945, Sanfourche married in Périgueux, Édouard Valéry (1924–2010), commissioner of operations in the Dordogne region for the resistance movement during World War II.[2][3]
Known by the code name Marie-Claude, she worked as a typist, secretary, mail carrier and liaison officer.[3] During the German occupation, the Sanfourche family hid and housed dozens of clandestine freedom fighters in Périgueux who were wanted by the Gestapo or the militia of the occupied-French government.[3]
Sanfourche died at 90 on 12 June 2013, in Sarlat-la-Canéda (Dordogne).[1]