Lily Emilie Grosser | |
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Born | Lily Emilie Rosenthal 2 June 1894 Frankfurt, Germany |
Died | 20 September 1968 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
Citizenship | German, French |
Spouse | Paul Grosser (1880 to 1934) |
Children | Margaret (1922–1941), Alfred (1925–2024) |
Father | Alfred Rosenthal |
Awards | Cross of Merit for War Aid (from Germany), Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
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Lily Emilie Grosser (2 June 1894 – 20 September 1968) was a German-born French activist. A medal winner for her activism in Germany during World War I, Grosser and her family fled to France in 1933, where she was granted citizenship in 1937. After the war she became secretary of the French Committee for Exchange with the New Germany and was instrumental in building political and cultural Franco-German relations.