Georges Loinger
Georges Uriel Joseph Loinger (born August 29, 1910 in Strasbourg ; † December 28, 2018 in Paris ) was a French sports teacher and member of the Resistance . At the age of 105 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on July 12, 2016 .
Life
Georges Loinger, from a Jewish family from Strasbourg, was a physical education teacher and soldier in World War II . As a prisoner of war in Moosburg from 1940 to 1941, he managed to escape in 1941. After returning to France, he joined the Resistance .
During the German occupation of France , he saved at least 350 Jewish boys and girls from deportation to Auschwitz by taking them across the border to safe Switzerland . At the same time he was also involved in the children's charity Œuvre de secours aux enfants .
Georges Loinger was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.
family
Loinger's sister Fanny Loinger (1915–1992) and his cousin Marcel Marceau were also Resistance fighters . His brother Charles Loinger , ten years his junior, is a French-Israeli agronomist. The Israeli singer Jardena Arasi (* 1951) is his niece.
Honors
He became an honorary citizen of Strasbourg on October 24, 2014 , and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on July 12, 2016 .
He also received numerous other orders such as the Médaille de la Résistance , the Ordre des Palmes Académiques , the Croix de guerre 1939-1945 and was appointed commander of the Legion of Honor .
Works
- Aux frontieres de l'espoir . Manuscript, Paris 2006, ISBN 978-2-7481-8082-4 (French).
- Les résistances juives pendant l'Occupation . Michel, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-226-18186-2 (French).
- L'odyssée d'un resistant . Les éditions Ovadia, Nice 2013, ISBN 978-2-36392-088-1 (French).
Web links
- Literature by and about Georges Loinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Georges Loinger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Excerpt from the film The Children of Chabannes by Lisa Gossels
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Christian Wernicke: Courageous to death - the story of Monsieur Loinger. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016 .
- ^ Federal Cross of Merit for Georges Loinger. (No longer available online.) In: ZDF mediathek. ZDF , July 12, 2016, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ dop / dpa: Georges Loinger died at the age of 108. In: Spiegel Online . December 30, 2018, accessed April 26, 2020 .
- ↑ La médaille de citoyen d'honneur de la ville de Strasbourg remise à Georges Loinger. CRIF , accessed July 24, 2016 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loinger, Georges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loinger, Georges Uriel Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sports teacher, member of the Resistance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 2018 |
| Place of death | Paris |