Andrée Peel (3 February 1905[1] – 5 March 2010) was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War who worked against the German occupation of France.
She was later transferred to the concentration camp at Buchenwald where she was being lined up to be shot by firing squad when the US Army arrived to liberate the prisoners.
[5] After the war, she met her future husband, an English academic named John Peel (who at the time was still a student), while working in a restaurant in Paris,[3] and they settled in Long Ashton, near Bristol, several years later.
While living in Long Ashton, Andrée received many visits from admirers and also managed to relieve the pain of visitors who had injuries.
[2] Mrs. Peel received many decorations from the French government for her resistance work, and she was awarded the Order of Liberation by France, the Medal of Freedom by the United States, and the King's Commendation for Brave Conduct by Britain.