About Marie Chamming's
Lived 1923 – 2022 (aged 98). Marie Chamming's was a French writer, french resistance fighter and french Resistance.
Marie Chamming's ( Krebs, 3 May 1923 – 15 February 2022) was a French writer and resistant.
Biography The daughter of entrepreneur , Marie Henriette Françoise Krebs was born on 3 May 1923 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. During World War II, she became a special liaison to Special Air Service Captain while a part of the French Resistance. She met an SAS paratrooper, Georges Chamming's, whom she married at the Liberation of Paris. She then wrote J'ai choisi la tempête, for which she won the Prix Vérité in 1964.
Chamming's died on 15 February 2022, at the age of 98.
Distinctions Resistance Medal (1946) Prix Vérité (1964) Knight of the Ordre National du Mérite (1972)
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French writer (1923–2022)
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Marie Chamming's was born on 3 May 1923 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Marie Chamming's died on 15 February 2022 in Aix-en-Provence.
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Marie Chamming's was a writer, french resistance fighter and french Resistance.
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Marie Chamming's was French.
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