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Maisie Renault (May Renault) was born on 13 December, 1907 in Vannes, is a French Resistance fighter, deportee. Discover Maisie Renault's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?
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May Renault |
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| Age |
95 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
13 December 1907 |
| Birthday |
13 December |
| Birthplace |
Vannes |
| Date of death |
7 April, 2003 |
| Died Place |
Vannes |
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Maisie Renault Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Maisie Renault Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Maisie Renault worth at the age of 95 years old? Maisie Renault’s income source is mostly from being a successful fighter. She is from . We have estimated Maisie Renault's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
fighter |
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Timeline
Maisie Renault (13 December 1907 – 7 April 2003) was a French Resistance fighter and a member of the Confrérie Notre-Dame network.
Born May Renault in Vannes on 13 December 1907 she was better known as Maisie.
Her father was Léon Renault, professor of philosophy and English and inspector general of an insurance company and her mother Marie Decker was daughter of composer Théodore Decker.
Maisie Renault came from a family of ten.
The family was strongly resistance oriented.
Her other siblings included Isabelle, born on 26 August 1923 and Philippe, born 29 March 1915, killed in Lübeck-Neustadt Bay, 3 May 1945, both members of the Confrérie Notre Dame-Castille network and both also deported.
In 1925, when her father died Renault gave up school to help her mother.
She took a job at the Banque de France in Vannes.
She spent a short time with her brother Gilbert in Gabon before returning home as the accountant for an agricultural cooperative.
Gilbert founded an intelligence network in France called the Confrérie Notre-Dame.
It was "considered to be the most important intelligence network in Free France".
Renault joined in December 1940 and by the same time the following year she joined their Paris headquarters on rue Madame.
Renault was responsible for sorting the information to go to London, prioritising it and transcribing the coded language and ensuring the radio operators had the details needed.
She was arrested in 1942 and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944.
The network was infiltrated and the first arrests began in June 1942.
They managed to ensure their brothers escape.
Renault gave away no information during her interrogation.
Initially Renault was isolated and kept incommunicado in La Santé prison, then in Fresnes Prison until March 1943 before she was moved to Romainville and Compiègne.
In February 1944 she returned to Romainville.
15 August 1944, Renault was sent by train to the Ravensbrück camp.
Renault was one of only seventeen survivors of her group of 550 people.
The camp was liberated on 22 April 1945.
Renault and her sister were taken to Copenhagen and then on to Sweden.
They were cared for by the Red Cross.
They left Sweden in July 1945 and were brought back to Paris.
They were reunited with their brother Gilbert there.
As soon as Renault's health was stable and she had received all the necessary medical care, she began to write down her memories of the deportation.
She asked her brother to edit it and rearrange it into chapters but he decided to leave it as she had written it.
She completed it in August 1947 in Arradon and in 1948 it was published as La Grande Misère.
The book became famous and received the Grand prix Vérité.
Renault then returned home to Vannes in 1959, and went back to work in the cooperative, until her retirement.
She never stopped testifying about what she experienced, especially in the schools of Morbihan.
In 2002, she was promoted to the rank of commander in the Legion of Honor.
Renault died in Vannes in 2003.
Renault received the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre and the Resistance medal.
