Raymonde Berthoud was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 and was the fourth of Henri Berthoud

Henri Berthoud

Henri Berthoud was a Swiss civil servant and congressman.Berthoud was born in Neuchâtel and was the son of Jean-Edouard Berthoud and Georgine Léonie Panier...

 and Marianne Perrier's five children. She was the sister of Denise Berthoud

Denise Berthoud

Denise Berthoud was born in Neuchâtel and was the third of Henri Berthoud and Marianne Perrier's five children...

, granddaughter of Jean-Edouard Berthoud

Jean-Edouard Berthoud

Jean-Edouard Berthoud , commonly referred to as Jean Berthoud, was born in Neuchâtel and was married to Georgine Léonie Panier. He was the son of pastor Alexis-Henri Berthoud and Louise-Marie Vaucher. He was the father of Henri Berthoud and grand-father of Denise and Raymonde Berthoud.Berthoud...

, great-niece of Louis Perrier

Louis Perrier

Frédéric-François-Louis Perrier was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council . , he is the member with the shortest time in office ....

 and great-granddaughter of Louis-Daniel Perrier

Louis-Daniel Perrier

Louis-Daniel Perrier was a Swiss architect from Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was born in Paris although he was originally from the towns of Sainte-Croix and Orges in Switzerland. He studied art in Paris and Berlin before moving to Neuchâtel in 1848....

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She is the first Swiss citizen to have ever earned the Swiss Abroad Prize for her huge contribution to her country's image. She hid Jews

Jews

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 during the Second World War from the Gestapo

Gestapo

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 in Budapest

Budapest

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 and also worked during six years in Budapest for the Swiss Red Cross delegation. Berthoud was given the title of honorary president of the Swiss Club in Hungary. In 1998 she was honored for her lifetime achievements when she received the Officer's Cross of the Republic of Hungary from Prime Minister

Prime minister

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 Viktor Orbán

Viktor Orbán

Viktor Orbán is a Hungarian populist and conservative politician and current Prime Minister of Hungary...

. She died in Budapest where she is buried at the Fiume Road National Graveyard

Kerepesi Cemetery

Kerepesi Cemetery is the most famous cemetery in Budapest...

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