Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe

Suzanne Henriette Charlotte Deutsch de la Meurthe (20 September 1892 – 29 November 1937) was a French Jewish philanthropist who inherited a fortune from her father, a highly successful industrialist.

She is remembered for restoring the village of Moÿ-de-l'Aisne which was devastated during the First World War and for launching a more effective version of the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe, triggering the development of civil aviation in France in the 1930s.

[5] Her grandfather, Alexandre Deutsch de la Meurthe (1815–1889), had already developed a thriving vegetable oil business before extending his interests into petroleum imported from the United States.

[6] During the First World War (1914–1918), Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe was a volunteer nurse in Biarritz where she cared for wounded soldiers from the front.

[2] The College Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe in Moÿ-de-l'Aisne is named in her honour[14] and the town also has a monument to commemorate her work to rebuild it following the First World War.

Monument to Suzanne Deutsch de La Meurthe in Moÿ-de-l'Aisne