decided to erect a Memorial of Fighting France (Mémorial de la France combattante) to those who died fighting in the war. Fifteen heroes of the war were to be buried at Fort Mount Valerien, in Suresnes near Paris. The fifteen were to include a man and a woman who died fighting in the Resistance. On October 29, 1945, the name of Berty Albrecht was drawn from a hat at Mont Valérien. As a result, she had the honor of being buried at Mount Valerien. The re-burial ceremony took place on November 11, 1945.:9-16 Albrecht received several distinctions posthumously': Compagnon de la Libération (she is one of the only six women named to this order) Médaille militaire (posthumous) Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 with Army acknowledgements Officer of the Resistance References 1893 births 1943 suicides French feminists French Resistance members Companions of the Liberation Recipients of the Resistance Medal Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) French Protestants French women in World War II Suicides by hanging in France Female resistance members of World War II 1943 deaths French torture victims 20th-century French women