Overview

• A public petition advocating for Adélaïde Hautval’s entry into the Panthéon was submitted on April 24, 2025, with over 250 signatures from notable supporters.
• Hautval, a French psychiatrist and Protestant, was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Ravensbrück during WWII for defending Jews and refusing Nazi medical experiments.
• The campaign is led by a cross-confessional committee co-chaired by Christian Krieger, president of the Fédération protestante de France, and Haïm Korsia, France’s chief rabbi.
• The Élysée Palace has confirmed that the petition will be reviewed alongside other nominations for Panthéonization.
• Hautval’s legacy includes the Légion d’honneur (1945) and Righteous Among the Nations recognition, but her story has remained largely obscure until recent efforts to revive her memory.