Noel Barrot

Noël Barrot, a pharmacist from the Haute-Loire region of France, saved Dover, Delaware resident Blanka Falek and her son, George. When she met Barrot in 1943, the young woman and her four-year-old son had already spent a year moving throughout France to avoid Nazi deportation. Through a Polish diplomat and his wife, Blanka was introduced to Noel Barrot. He provided shelter, food, moral support, and documents which saved the Faleks, giving them the name Irakovitch (She had been born Blanka Israelovitch in Tarnow, near Krakow, Poland), helping them avoid capture despite numerous visits to the town by the Gestapo. After the war, Barrot became mayor of Yssingeaux and was later elected a representative from the Haute-Loire region in the De Gaulle government. During a 1966 session of the French National Assembly, he suffered a heart attack and died in the arms of a colleague.

Delaware · United States