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Marie-Élisa Nordmann-Cohen
Marie-Élisa Nordmann-Cohen (4 November 1910 – 15 August 1993) was a French chemist, antifascist, and communist member of the French Resistance during World War II. Biography Marie-Élisa Nordmann was a student of physicist Paul Langevin, who supervised her doctoral studies in chemistry before the war. Beginning in 1940, she distributed clandestine publications from the intellectual resistance group Université Libré. During this time, she became close with France Bloch-Sérazin, the daughter of Jean-Richard Bloch. In 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz. Though she survived, Bloch-Sérazin did not. After the war, she helped found and became president of l'Amicale des anciens déportés d'Auschwitz (The Association of Auschwitz Deportees). She and Frédéric Joliot-Curie helped establish the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, where she was Secretary of the Scientific Council. Afterwards, she worked at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, and later at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
