Raymonde Berthoud (24 November 1919 – 27 May 2007) was born in

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and was the fourth of Henri Berthoud and Marianne Perrier's five children. She was the sister of

Denise Berthoud Denise Berthoud (27 September 1916 – 26 February 2005) was born in Neuchâtel and was the third of Henri Berthoud and Marianne Perrier's five children. She was the sister of Raymonde Berthoud, granddaughter of Jean-Edouard Berthoud, great-niec ...

, granddaughter of Jean-Edouard Berthoud, great-niece of Louis Perrier and great-granddaughter of Louis-Daniel Perrier. She is the first Swiss citizen to have ever earned the Swiss Abroad Prize for her huge contribution to her country's image. She hid

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during the

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from the

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and also worked during six years in Budapest for the

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delegation. Berthoud was given the title of honorary president of the Swiss Club in Hungary. In 1998 she was honored for her lifetime achievements when she received the Officer's Cross of the

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from

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. She died in Budapest where she is buried at the Fiume Road National Graveyard.

References

* https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/life-aging/new-prize-cites-swiss-woman-s-role-in-hungary/2588504 *https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/hungary/de/home/aktuell/grand-tour/budapest/raymonde-berthoud.html * http://www.plr.ch/page/content/index.asp?ID=2802&Menu=3&Item=11.4&ConID=2802 * http://www.plr.ch/page/content/index.asp?ID=1488&Menu=3&Item=11.4&ConID=1488 * http://www.plr.ch/page/content/index.asp?ID=3579&Menu=3&Item=11.4&ConID=3579

* http://www.neue-zeitung.hu/dokumentumok/nzg_31_2007.pdf * http://www.ev-ref-gemein.de/_sgg/m5m1_1.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Berthoud, Raymonde People from the canton of Neuchâtel Jewish Hungarian history Swiss expatriates in Hungary 1919 births 2007 deaths