René Joyeuse
René Joyeuse (born January 17, 1920 as René Veuve in Zurich ; † June 12, 2012 in Lake Placid ) was a Swiss-American resistance fighter and doctor.
René Veuve spent most of his childhood in Alsace . In 1944 he jumped under the code name Joyeuse as a parachute agent for the Office of Strategic Services over France ( Operation Sussex ). After his successful service in France, he fought for the French army in Germany. He was the first officer in the Allied forces to enter the German concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen . Then he was a medic in the Indochina War and studied medicine at the Sorbonne from 1950 .
In the USA he married his wife Suzanne G. Bouffon in 1955. The couple had two sons.
René Joyeuse was the first Swiss to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on March 29, 2013 .
Web links
- Swiss to receive highest US military burial (Swissinfo.ch)
- A quiet American hero
- Obituary for Rene Joyeuse
- Swiss-born man to rest in Arlington cemetery for spy work in WWII (Washington Post)
- Willi Wottreng : Swiss spy in the heroes' cemetery. In: NZZ on Sunday January 20, 2013
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joyeuse, René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Veuve, René (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-American resistance fighter and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th January 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 2012 |
| Place of death | Lake Placid |