Suzanne Spaak was known to most people as a member of the Red Orchestra or the National Movement Against Racism (NMCR). Before all of that, Suzanne was born into a wealthy non-jewish family in 1905. She later married Claude Spaak and moved to Paris, France to have an indulging life with their two kids. The bliss life did not last long due to World War II breaking out in Paris. What this war caused to other people inspired her to join NMCR. Later, she was recruited to join the Red Orchestra.
When the War started, Suzanne became angered, about all of the racism and oppression at the hands of the Nazis, causing her to join the NMCR. She started by writing leaflets and doing dull jobs. Spaak got these jobs due to uncertain by her fellow colleagues. …show more content…
The Red Orchestra had a group that was lead by Pastor Paul Vergara and Marcelle Guillemot, in which Suzanne participated in. This group smuggled over 60 of the Jew children to safety. Later, the children were taken to Paris or small villages that were willing to take them in.
In October of 1943, the Nazis arrested Suzanne, along with 600 of the Red Orchestras members. Before she was taken she was able to give the names and address of all the children, she had saved to a colleague, saving those kids lives once again. She was taken to a prison where she was tortured and held for 10 months. She was sadly executed on August 12, 1944, just a couple of days before the liberation of Paris.
Claude spaak became a known play-writer and died in 1990. He wrote “Soleil de Minuit” and “Het Vonnis.” No one knows what happened to their children. She was written about on many websites and mentioned in a few books. She was in books such as “The Path of the Righteous: Gentile Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust,” “The Bargain and the Bridle: The General Union of the Israelites of France, 1941-1944” and “Saving the Jews: Men and Women who Defied the Final