In 1907, he was head cook at the French embassy in St. Petersburg, where he lived with his wife, who worked as a linen maid.

Back in Biarritz, he became head chef at the Hôtel du Palais, former residence of Empress Eugénie.

She was sent to the Santé prison, then handed over to the German authorities and was transferred in August 1942 to Fort de Romainville.

The convoy was made up in particular of French member of the Resistance, most of them non-Jewish and mostly communists, including many widows of those who had been shot.

After the Liberation, the distinction “mort pour la France” was granted on May 18, 1946 to Marie Politzer as well as a certificate of membership to the French Internal Resistance in 1950.