Max Arbez

Max Arbez (December 2, 1901 at Cousance – March 28, 1992 in Les Rousses) was a French hotelier-restaurateur, resistance fighter during World War II who was honored by Yad Vashem[1] as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.[2][3] On April 22, 2012, Arbez was posthumously recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Institute[4] and his wife, at the age of 102, received the Medal of Honor on his behalf on October 6, 2013.[1]

Background

In 1862, while the Franco-Swiss border was being redrawn, someone had a building built on the very route from the new border to the hamlet of La Cure in Saint-Cergue. Jules Arbez (born in 1874), Max's father, set up a hotel there: the Hôtel Arbez Franco-Suisse (now called the Hotel Arbez). During World War II, Max Arbez assisted by his wife, Angèle Arbez, helped hundreds of Jews and resistance fighters to return sometimes to the free zone, sometimes to Switzerland.[3]

During his lifetime, Max Arbez always refused any official recognition of his action during the war, believing that he had only ever done what his conscience dictated to him.[1]

References
  1. "En mémoire de Max Arbez, Juste parmi les Nations". Comité Français pour Yad Vashem (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  2. "Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem by 1 January 2022" (PDF).
  3. Ros, Miquel (2023-01-20). "Hotel Arbez: Where you can sleep in two countries at the same time". CNN. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  4. Stefan, Dana (2023-01-27). "You can sleep in two countries at the same time in this hotel". Travel Tomorrow. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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