Memorial Signs for Lysiane Robinet and André Abel Coulaud,
Ohmstraße 1

On 31 May 2022, a memorial service was held at Ohmstraße 1, the former address of the Pension Gartenheim, where two babies were born in November 1944.

Lysiane Robinet was the daughter of Madeleine D., a young typist, and the prisoner of war Edouard Camille Robinet, who had been declared a ‘civilian worker’ by the Nazis against his will. They were accommodated in the outhouse of the Gartenheim boarding house, where Lysiane was born on 13 November 1944. After only a few weeks, Lysiane Robinet died on 7 January 1945. According to the death certificate, the baby died of intestinal inflammation, which was certainly a consequence of the inhumane Nazi policy that prevented the vital care of the little girl, who was only a few weeks old.

Liliane Bellard was born on 3 November. Her father was the ‘civilian labourer’ André Abel Coulaud, who was also accommodated in the Gartenheim boarding house, where he also worked as a cook. In autumn 1944, the Gestapo imprisoned him for a month in the Dachau concentration camp. Liliane's mother was the forced labourer Renée Bellard. When she was wanted for the German Labour Front just a few weeks after the birth of their daughter, André Abel Coulard stood up for her and was shot by a security police officer on 12 February 1945.