Marion Deichmann

However, the situation continued to deteriorate, and Marion’s father eventually escaped to Brazil with his parents.

Marion and her mother fled to Brussels, trying to reach Marion’s grandmother in Paris. They found a truck driver willing to sneak them across the border into France, and they successfully made it to Paris. However, in July of 1942, Alice was arrested during the Vel D'Hiv Roundups when Marion was just nine years old.

When the war in France finally ended, Marion returned to Paris, where she was reunited with her grandmother and uncle. In 1947, the family immigrated to New York. Marion lived in the United States for many years, marrying and having children before eventually returning to France. Throughout the years, she maintained contact with the Parigny family, who were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2015.