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'''Gabriel Piguet''' (born 24 Feb 1887 at Mâcon, died 3 July 1952 at Clermont-Ferrand) was the Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand]], France. He was imprisoned by the Nazis at [[Dachau Concentration Camp]] during [[World War Two]]. At Dachau he presided over the secret ordination of [[Beatification|The Blessed]] [[Karl Leisner]], who died soon after liberation of the camp.<ref>Paul Berben; Dachau: The Official History 1933-1945; Norfolk Press; London; 1975; ISBN 085211009; p.154-5.</ref><ref>[http://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/ Karl Leisner]; German Resistance Memorial Centre, Index of Persons; retrieved at 4 September 2013</ref>
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'''Gabriel Piguet''' (born 24 Feb 1887 at Mâcon, died 3 July 1952 at Clermont-Ferrand) was the Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand]], France. Involved in [[Catholic resistance to Nazism]], he was imprisoned in the [[Priest Barracks of Dachau Concentration Camp]] in 1944. He has been honoured as a [[Righteous among the Nations|Righteous Gentile]] by [[Yad Vashem]], Israel's Holocaust Memorial.<ref>Martin Gilbert; The Righteous - The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust; Doubleday; 2002; {{ISBN|0-385-60100-X}}; p.238</ref>

During the [[Second World War]], Piguet allowed Jewish children to be hidden from the Nazis at the Saint Marguerite Catholic boarding school in Clermont-Ferrand. He was arrested by German police in his Cathedral on 28 May 1944 for the crime of giving aid to a priest wanted by the Gestapo. Imprisoned first in Clermont-Ferrand, he was deported to [[Dachau Concentration Camp]] in September.<ref>Martin Gilbert; The Righteous - The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust; Doubleday; 2002; {{ISBN|0-385-60100-X}}; p.238</ref>

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At Dachau, Piguet presided over the secret ordination of [[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Karl Leisner]], who died soon after the liberation of the camp.<ref>Paul Berben; Dachau: The Official History 1933-1945; Norfolk Press; London; 1975; {{ISBN|0-85211-009-X}}; p.154-5.</ref><ref>[http://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/ Karl Leisner]; German Resistance Memorial Centre, Index of Persons; retrieved at 4 September 2013</ref> He survived his imprisonment, though physically diminished - he had lost 35&nbsp;kg. He died seven years later.<ref>Martin Gilbert; The Righteous - The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust; Doubleday; 2002; {{ISBN|0-385-60100-X}}; p.238</ref>


==See also==
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*[[French Resistance]]
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*[[Catholic resistance to Nazism]]
*[[Priest Barracks of Dachau Concentration Camp]]


==References==
==References==
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* [http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=4016907 Gabriel Piguet] at [[Yad Vashem]] website
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Gabriel Piguet
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Gabriel Piguet (born 24 Feb 1887 at Mâcon, died 3 July 1952 at Clermont-Ferrand) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, France. Involved in Catholic resistance to Nazism, he was imprisoned in the Priest Barracks of Dachau Concentration Camp in 1944. He has been honoured as a Righteous Gentile by Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Memorial.[1]

During the Second World War, Piguet allowed Jewish children to be hidden from the Nazis at the Saint Marguerite Catholic boarding school in Clermont-Ferrand. He was arrested by German police in his Cathedral on 28 May 1944 for the crime of giving aid to a priest wanted by the Gestapo. Imprisoned first in Clermont-Ferrand, he was deported to Dachau Concentration Camp in September.[2]

At Dachau, Piguet presided over the secret ordination of Blessed Karl Leisner, who died soon after the liberation of the camp.[3][4] He survived his imprisonment, though physically diminished - he had lost 35 kg. He died seven years later.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Martin Gilbert; The Righteous - The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust; Doubleday; 2002; ISBN 0-385-60100-X; p.238
  2. ^ Martin Gilbert; The Righteous - The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust; Doubleday; 2002; ISBN 0-385-60100-X; p.238
  3. ^ Paul Berben; Dachau: The Official History 1933-1945; Norfolk Press; London; 1975; ISBN 0-85211-009-X; p.154-5.
  4. ^ Karl Leisner; German Resistance Memorial Centre, Index of Persons; retrieved at 4 September 2013
  5. ^ Martin Gilbert; The Righteous - The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust; Doubleday; 2002; ISBN 0-385-60100-X; p.238
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