Lucie Chevalley (née Sabatier; 27 July 1882, Le Petit-Quevilly – 1 October 1979 dead at the age of ninety-seven) was the founder of social d'Aide aux Emigrants known as one of the international aids which provides services for refugees in France.

She devoted and dedicated her life to serve for humanitarian organizations she also has a patient of helping refugees. She spent decades helping refugees in her country France and across Europe as well. She also worked as a member of the Council of State in France for refugees and stateless people. In summer 1942 she worked for saving the lives of others and also established the underground organization Entraide Temporaire (Temporary Mutual Assistance) toiled day and night to rescue life of 500 Jewish children.

Lucie Chevalley

Her father, Auguste Sabatier, is a French reformed theologian and academic.

Lucie Chevalley

Awards

1965: Nansen Refugee Award

1993 : Righteous Among the Nations

References

1882 births

1979 deaths

French Resistance members

French Righteous Among the Nations

20th-century French women politicians

People from Le Petit-Quevilly

Nansen Refugee Award laureates

Lucie Chevalley