Favre, Louis, 1910-1944
Dates
- Existence: 1910-11-02 - 1944-07-16
Biographical note
Louis Favre was born in 1910 in Bellevaux, Haute-Savoie, France. He was ordained a priest in 1936, taught in schools in France and Switzerland, and served as a military nurse. Favre's involvement in the French Resistance began in November 1942, just after the invasion of the free zone by the Germans. Alongside his intelligence activities, he helped Jews and men of the Resistance pass into Switzerland. In February 1944, he was arrested by German customs, sent to prison in Haute-Savoie, and became the longest-serving prisoner of the Gestapo in the department. He continued to do intelligence work until his execution on July 16, 1944 in Vieugy, France. Favre is included in a monument at the entrance to the Annemasse cemetery in France and was posthumously awarded the medal of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Marian St. Onge collection of Louis Favre research
Papers of writer and Boston College alum, program director, and faculty member Marian St. Onge (1944-2021). Includes extensive research of World War II French resistance fighter and Catholic priest Louis Favre, as well as numerous drafts of St. Onge's unpublished manuscript on Favre. Also consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, notebooks, photograph reproductions, and publishing materials.
Collection is open for research.
Box 1, Folder 11 is closed due to privacy concerns.
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