Collomb Louise

Collomb, Louise File 6119 Louise Collomb owned the Le Comptoir Lyonnais restaurant, located next to the railway terminal of Grenoble. During the occupation, the restaurant served as a temporary hiding place for various opponents of the regime: downed British fliers who were trying to reach Spain, young men avoiding forced labor in Germany, and Jews. Collomb was active in the Combat underground organization. In September 1940, she hid Jules Sussmann in her home. Sussmann, a German Jew just released from the army, had not gone back to his home in Nantes, in the occupied zone, where he was too well known to avoid German searches. Collomb was courageous and hospitable and sheltered Sussmann for two years without remuneration, until September 1942, when she smuggled him and other Jews across the Swiss border. Sussmann settled in Switzerland and stayed in touch with Collomb and her family after the liberation, visiting from time to time. On May 22, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Louise Collomb as Righteous Among the Nations.