Born: 16 January 1901, France
Died: 13 September 1992
Country most active: France
Also known as: Elisa Marie Louise Bogatto
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Women in the French Resistance: Lise Lesèvre welcomed and trained young men who, like her two sons, joined the Maquis. She was brutally tortured by Klaus Barbie, the so-called “Butcher of Lyon,” after being captured with clandestine documents.