Mireille Marokvia

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Mireille Marokvia (1908 – 19 October 2008) was a French writer best known for her two books about her ordeals during World War II in Nazi Germany.Grimes, William (27 October 2008 ). [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/arts/27marovkia.html?ref=obituaries "Mireille Marokvia, 99, Memoirist, Dies".] The New York Times.

Biography

She was born in a village near Chartres, France, in December 1908. Her first English publication was a children's book released in 1959.[http://www.desertexposure.com/200609/200609_tw_sins.html "Las Cruces author Mireille Marokvia shares the story of her dangerous life in as a French woman in WWII Germany."]

She died on 19 October 2008 in Las Cruces in the United States at the age of 99.

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