Leon Marcel Bouvier1

ID #151, (1923-2005)
Leon Marcel Bouvier|b. 29 Sep 1923\nd. 23 Jul 2005|p151.htm|Adolf Aschkenazy|b. 2 Sep 1886\nd. 1942|p150.htm|Regina Brüll|b. 2 Nov 1882\nd. 14 Jul 1939|p148.htm|Lazar Aschkenazy|b. s 1860|p16516.htm|Mina Liebermann|b. s 1864|p16517.htm|Leo Brüll|b. s 1843\nd. 1927|p153.htm|Helene Stieber|b. s 1851\nd. 1927|p5892.htm|
FatherAdolf Aschkenazy b. 2 Sep 1886, d. 1942
MotherRegina Brüll b. 2 Nov 1882, d. 14 Jul 1939
Leo Bouvier
1996 photo
     Leon Marcel Bouvier was born on 29 September 1923, in Vienna, Austria. In 1936 his parents decided it was time for him to leave Austria so they sent him to a boarding school in Paris.1 His original name was Leo Aschkenazy, but after he had fought for France and adopted it as his homeland he changed his name to Leon Marcel Bouvier.2 In 1940 he joined the Free French Forces under the command of General Koenig and went to British North Africa to fight the Germans. During a brutal battle he displayed exceeding bravery and was severly wounded.2 It was during the Bir Hakeim battle in Lybia in June of 1942, while transporting munitions by night he was bombed by the Germans and lost his right arm and 2 fingers of his left hand. He recuperated in Beirut, Lebanon.1,2 For his heroic act he was made Compagnon de la Libération by General de Gaulle in 1942. He was also awarded the Grand Croix of the Legion of Honor which is the highest French medal.2 He became a highly prominent French diplomat - eventually serving as ambassador to Paragyay, Chile and Denmark.2 In 1945 Leo attended McGill University in Canada to study foreign diplomacy.1,2 He married Christiane Rigal on Monday, 11 December 1950 in Paris, France.2 Leon Marcel Bouvier died on 23 July 2005 in Paris, France, at age 81.3

Family

Christiane Rigal b. 15 Mar 1930, d. 31 Aug 2009
Children

Sources of Information

  1. Kurt Reinfeld, The First 78 Years of My Life, an Autobiography, privately printed, Dec 1992, repository: Children and Grandchildren of Kurt Reinfeld.
  2. "Updated Individual Narrative", David Bouvier report given to William Reinfeld , produced Apr 2010 ;.
  3. Personal Knowledge.

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