Marie Hackin

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Marie Hackin

Marie Alice ("Ria") Hackin , née Parmentier, (born September 7, 1905 in Rombas , then Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine ; † February 24, 1941 in the Faroe Islands ) was a French oriental archaeologist and member of the Free French Armed Forces (FFL ) .

Studies and archaeological activity

Marie Parmentier, daughter of a father originally from Luxembourg , studied archeology at the École du Louvre and received French citizenship in 1923. At the École du Louvre she met the much older archaeologist Joseph Hackin (* 1886), who taught there; the couple married in September 1928 and Marie became her husband's close associate. As part of the Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan, they undertook archaeological investigations in Afghanistan, in Bamiyan , the site of the famous Buddha statues , and in Beram, north of Kabul . The two Hackins were supported by the architect Jean Carl.

During the excavations of 1937, led by Joseph Hackin, Marie Hackin discovered two walled-up cellar rooms (Chantier 2, chambers 10 and 13) that contained the treasure found by Begam . It mainly consists of Roman glass vessels of the highest quality from the 1st century AD, Hellenistic plaster casts, as well as ivory panels with Indian motifs, etc. a. of river gods, probably from the 3rd century.

Member of the French Free Forces and Death

At the beginning of the war, Joseph Hackin was reactivated as an officer in the French embassy in Kabul . On July 6, 1940, he telegraphed General de Gaulle and joined the Free French Armed Forces (FFL) . He and his wife arrived in London in October 1940 via Bombay and the sea . Marie Hackin joined the Corps des Voluntaires Françaises on December 26, 1940 in the rank of Sous-Lieutenant, where she worked for Simonne Mathieu .

In early February 1941 de Gaulle commissioned Joseph Hackin to represent the interests of Free France as envoy to the British viceroy in India . The Hackin couple embarked on February 21, 1941 in Liverpool on board the British cargo steamer Jonathan Holt , destined for West Africa, in order to travel from there to India. The ship was in a convoy that was attacked by German submarines. The Jonathan Holt sank by a torpedo from U 97 and the Hackin couple lost their lives.

Honors

Joseph and Marie Hackin were posthumously awarded the Ordre de la Liberation created by General de Gaulle , which was awarded to only 1,038 people, including six women. These people are called “Compagnons de la Liberation”. Marie was also honored with the Croix de guerre with a palm branch. The “Compagnons de la Liberation” are listed by name in the Museum of the Order, the Musée de'l Ordre de la Liberation in the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris.

In 1961, a street in the 16th arrondissement of Paris was named Rue Joseph-et-Marie-Hackin .

In 1987 the Musée d'Histoire et d'Art in Luxembourg organized a memorial exhibition for the couple under the title Joseph et Ria Hackin. Couple d'origine luxembourgeoise au service des arts asiatiques et de la France .

Publications

  • with Joseph Hackin: Le site archéologiques de Bamyan. Guide you visiteur . Les édition d'art et d'histoire, Paris 1934.
    • German: Bamian. Guide to the Buddhist cave monasteries and colossal statues. Les édition d'art et d'histoire, Paris 1939.
  • with Joseph Hackin: Recherches archéologiques à gram: chantier n ° 2 (1937) (= Mémoires de la délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan vol. 9). Les Éditions d'art et d'histoire, Paris 1939.
  • with Ahmad Ali Kohzad: Legends et coutumes afghanes (= Publications du Musée Guimet. Bibliothèque de diffusion vol. 60). Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1953.
  • with Joseph Hackin: Nouvelles recherches archéologiques à Anbam, ancienne Kâpici, 1939–1940 (= Mémoires de la Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan vol. 11). Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1954.

literature

  • Joseph and Ria Hackin. Couple d'origine luxembourgeoise au service des arts asiatiques et de la France. Exposition organisée dans le cadre de l'Accord culturel franco-luxembourgeois est réalisée avec le concours du Musée Guimet, Paris. Musée d'Histoire et d'Art Musées d'État - Luxembourg. Exposition du 11 novembre 1987 au 3 janvier 1988, Luxembourg. Musée d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg 1987.
  • Marie Hackin . In: Vladimir Trouplin: Dictionnaire des Compagnons de la Liberation . Bordeaux, Elytis 2010, ISBN 978-2-35639-033-2 ( digital ).

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ See Michael Menninger: Investigations into the glasses and plaster casts from the find of Begam / Afghanistan. Ergon Verlag, Würzburg 1996, ISBN 978-3-928034-96-8 .
  2. ^ Online: Marie Hackin ; Joseph Hackin . Retrieved December 24, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Hackin, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parmentier, Marie Alice (maiden name); Hackin, Ria (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French oriental archaeologist and member of the Forces françaises libres
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Rombas
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1941
Place of death at the Faroe Islands