Arlette Testyler

Arlette Testyler
Born
Arlette Reiman

(1933-03-30)30 March 1933
Paris, France
Died12 June 2026(2026-06-12) (aged 93)
OccupationActivist

Arlette Testyler (née Reiman; 30 March 1933 – 12 June 2026) was a French Holocaust survivor and human rights campaigner.[1]

Biography

Born in Paris on 30 March 1933,[2][3] she was the daughter of Polish Jews; her father was Abraham Reiman, a fur trader.[4] Abraham became a volunteer in the French Armed Forces in 1939 before his demobilizaton; he was arrested in May 1941 amidst the green ticket roundup.[5] Testyler was arrested during the Vel' d'Hiv roundup and subsequently interned at the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp.[6] However, she escaped along with her sister and found protection by Jeanne and Jean Philippeau in Vendôme.[7] After the Holocaust, she worked to have the couple recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, a goal achieved and celebrated with a ceremony on 16 June 2025.[8] She was married to Charles Testyler, who died in 2018.[9]

Testyler died on 12 June 2026, at the age of 93.[10]

Publications

  • Les Enfants aussi ! (2010)
  • J’avais 9 ans quand ils nous ont raflées (2024)

Honors

References

  1. ↑ "Décès d'Arlette Testyler, présidente de l'Union des déportés d'Auschwitz et rescapée de la rafle du Vel d'Hiv". Le Figaro (in French). 12 June 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Crozet, Dimitri (28 January 2019). "Le témoignage d'espoir d'Arlette Testyler, raflée et internée à Beaune-la-Rolande en 1942". La République du Centre (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Paris roundup survivor tells her story". Ynet. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Klarsfeld, Serge (1978). Le Mémorial de la déportation des Juifs de France (in French). FFDJF.
  5. ↑ "Abraham REIMAN". Les Témoins (in French).
  6. ↑ Guitton, Céline (3 March 2015). "Charles et Arlette : une vie passée à témoigner". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "A l'origine, les enfants cachés". France.tv (in French).
  8. ↑ Delaunay, Thomas (16 June 2025). "« C'est à Vendôme que nous devions nous réunir » : Vendôme rend hommage à ses Justes parmi les nations". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Coutances. Charles Testyler, témoin de l'horreur des camps, est décédé". Ouest-France (in French). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  10. ↑ Duyck, Alexander (14 June 2026). "Arlette Testyler, rescapée de la rafle du Vél' d'Hiv en 1942, est morte". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Arlette Testyler : la mémoire vigilante". Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (in French). 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Décret du 11 juillet 2025 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 13 July 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "BODMR n° 02 du 03/03/2025". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 3 March 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
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