Vincent Malerba
Vincent Malerba | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 January 1925 Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Died | 30 October 2025 (aged 100) |
| Occupations | French resistance member, Holocaust survivor |
Vincent Malerba (7 January 1925 – 30 October 2025) was a French resistance member and Holocaust survivor.
Biography
Malerba was born at 34 rue Saint-Laurent in Grenoble, a district nicknamed "Little Italy" at the beginning of the twentieth century.[1] In 1943, he was apprenticed as a welder at the Établissements Bouchayer-Viallet, industrial boilermaking workshops.[2]
On 11 November 1943, aged eighteen years old, he joined the demonstration celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 1918 French victory over Germany, a march banned by the occupying forces, during which 600 demonstrators were arrested.[3] Malerba was detained for a few days in the Bonne barracks, then transferred to the Compiègne camp where he remained for two months, before being sent to Germany to the Dora concentration camp, dependent on Buchenwald,[4] where he was assigned the number 40250. He was assigned to dig a tunnel, then to weld and assemble parts of V1 and V2 missiles.[5]
Following the end of World War II, he returned to France, and in 2023 was residing in Montbonnot-Saint-Martin.[2]
Malerba died on 30 October 2025, at the age of 100.[6]
Recognition
On 11 November 2013, the city of Grenoble paid tribute and unveiled a memorial to the demonstrators deported in 1943, amongst which Malerba was named.[7]
References
- ^ "Lectura Plus, le portail du patrimoine écrit et graphique en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes". Lectura+ (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Onze Novembre 1943: Grenoble défie les Nazis et subit une féroce répression". Arab News FR (in French). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Grenoble, commune Compagnon de la Libération". grenoble.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ Muhlstein, Elias (22 April 2022). "Grenoble célèbre les victimes et les héros de la déportation". Place Gre'net (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Grenoble. Il a survécu à la déportation : « Je n'avais plus de nom, j'étais le matricule 40 250 »". www.ledauphine.com (in French). 11 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Résistant et dernier survivant isérois des camps nazis, Vincent Malerba est mort". Le Dauphiné. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Memorial Demonstration 11 November 1943 - Grenoble". TracesOfWar.com. Retrieved 5 November 2025.