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you pay. But these poor
ladies were there just be-
cause of their faith. It was
pitiful."
Ms. Michaud tells many
horror stories of her nearly
two years in Ravensbruck —
of the smoke from the
crematoria, of dogs being set
on those who fell from
exhaustion, of illness and
deprivation. But she talks
about it easily, exhibiting
flashes of black humor about
the experience.
About a month before she
was liberated, Ms. Michaud
was transferred from
Ravensbruck to Mauthausen,
a five-day ride in a railroad
cattle car. While at
Mauthausen, Ms. Michaud
survived an Allied bombing
intended for the German
troops in the area.
Then came her rescue from
the gas chambers by the
International Red Cross.
The liberated prisoners were
taken by train to Switzer-
land and then on to France.
Ms. Michaud's own mother
didn't recognize her when
they first met. She weighed
just 90 pounds.
After the war, Ms.
Michaud received a medal
from General Charles de
Gaulle himself.
"He pinned it on me and
kissed my cheek," Ms.
Michaud said with pride.
However, her medal is not
her most prized possession.
That distinction belongs to a
doll she managed to smuggle
out of the camps. It was
made in honor of her birth-
day by a fellow prisoner.
The small figure has a
dress made of the striped
cloth of camp uniforms. Ms.
Michaud has also kept a
drawing of herself made by a
friend at Ravensbruck.
She said many people in
the United States are not
aware that the Nazis im-
prisoned and killed millions
of non-Jews — political
prisoners, Gypsies,
homosexuals and Commu-
nists.
"I think it is very common,
the lack of knowledge in the
States that concentration
camps were not established
only for Jews," Ms. Michaud
said. "There were Czechs,
French; Dutch, Norwegians
and Belgians. All the oc-
cupied countries furnished
some political prisoners."
Ms. Michaud said she has
received no compensation
from the German govern-
ment, nor any pension from
the French government.
"A lot of us didn't come
back," she said. "I suppose
I'm among the lucky
ones." D

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