Dr. Georges (Constantine) Rodocanachi

1876 - 1944  (67 years)

• Name	Georges (Constantine) Rodocanachi
  Title	Dr.
  Birth	27 Feb 1876	Sefton House, Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK
  	Argenti says 27 Feb 1875. The birth of George Rodocanachi was registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1876, West Derby, Lancashire, v 8b, p 316.
  Christening	05 Apr 1876	Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK   [1]
  	Archimandrite Constantine Stratoulis officiating. God-parent: Ambrose Sechiari, his grandfather
  Gender	Male
  Death	1944	Buchenvald Concentration Camp, Germany
  	Tortured and left to die of pneumonia (Christopher Long). Events leading to his death: seized in Paris, 27 Feb 1943; transferred to KL Bu 19 Jan 1944, released from KL Bu 10 Feb 1944, transferred to another concentration camp 11 Feb 1944.
  Notes	A founder of Pat Line (1940-43) for Allied escapers & evaders in Occupied France. British Consul in Marseilles. Born British but took French nationality in order to serve in the French army on the Somme in 1916. For his wartime activity and resulting death see: Christopher Long, "Secret Papers (Pat Line, Escape & Evasion in WWll France)" in London Portrait Magazine, Nov 1984. Occupation Physician Residence, France: 1900, rue de la Sorbonne 20, Paris; 1908, 1916, 25 Rue de l'Arsenal, Marseille; 1935-1944 (his deportation), 21[25] Rue Roux de Brignoles, Marseille. MBE, Chevalier du Légion d'Honneur, Freedom Medal Education: 1900, medical student, Paris. He attested to his father's death in Paris, 1900. see Christopher Long's biographical essay on his uncle George Rodocanachi, co-written with Fanny Vlasto Rodocanachi, George's wife and Christopher's aunt. He is memorialized on the website ICI-MÊME 2013 for his Resistance activities during WW II and on the website Liverpool and Merseyside Remembered.
  Person ID	I377	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Constantine Theodore (Theodore) Rodocanachi,   b. 17 Nov 1837, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 27 Aug 1900, boulevard des Capucines 12, Paris 9ème, Île-de-France, France (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Arghyro (Ambrose) Sechiari,   b. 02 Sep 1850, boulevard Dugommier 5, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 23 Oct 1919, Alexandria, Egypt (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	08 Sep 1869	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Marriage witnesses included Stamati Zizinia, 65, bride's uncle, rentier, rue Gregoriou 29, Marseille; Etienne Sechiari, 58, rentier, bride's uncle, Allees des Capucines 8; Theodore Rodocanachi, 50, merchant, bride's uncle [actually a cousin], allees des Capucines 12; and Jean Rodocanachi, 45 [should be 36], groom's brother, allees des Capucines 49.
  Documents » Slide Show		Rodocanachi - Sechiari 1869 marriage
  		Constantine Rodocanachi - Arghyro Sechiari Marseille marriage certificate © Christopher Long: ChristopherLong.co.uk.
  		Rodocanachi - Sechiari 1869 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fanny Marie Nathalie (Ernest) Vlasto,   b. 28 Nov 1884, Boulevard Haussmann 69, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France d. 13 Apr 1959, St. Mary's Hospital, London, England UK (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1907	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	Church records say 9 Jun 1907; Witnesses/Sponsors: Fanny Zarifi & I.M. Zarifi; K. Pagonis presiding; entry 254. Argenti says 22 Jun 1907, London. Paddington Registrar’s office says 20 Jun 1907 (Christopher Long). [2]
  Children	+ 1. Constantine (Georges) Rodocanachi,   b. 02 Apr 1908, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 08 Sep 1981, Geneva, Switzerland (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Feb 1876 - Sefton House, Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Christening - 05 Apr 1876 - Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK Marriage - 22 Jun 1907 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Death - 1944 - Buchenvald Concentration Camp, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Georges C Rodocanachi © Christopher Long: ChristopherLong.co.uk.
  		rue Roux de Brignoles 15-17, Marseille, France number 21 does not still exist; photo 2009
  		Dr. George Rodocanachi in his consulting room in the 1930s; © Christopher Long: ChristopherLong.co.uk.
  		Dr George Rodocanachi photographed for an identity card in 1943, shortly before he was betrayed, arrested and sent to his death at Buchenvald in Brandenburg, Germany; photo courtesy Christopher Long.
  		Theodore Zarifi and George Rodocanachi (perhaps) © Christopher Long: ChristopherLong.co.uk.
  		Rodocanachi Marseille residence before his departation photo courtesy ICI-MÊME 2013 website. This is from the book jacket of Helen Long's 1985 Safe Houses are Dangerous and apparently shows the entrance to the Rodocanachi house at 21 rue Roux de Brignoles, Marseille, France.
  		Sefton House, 50 Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool "A number of websites state that Sefton House was demolished or that it once stood in Greenbank Park next to the lake. The 1881 census shows only one Sefton House and it is in Sefton Park, as 1881 was only 5 years after the birth of George Rodocanachi I believe that this house on Ullet Road is his former home. It remains standing today in Sefton Park." (Liverpool and Merseyside Remembered).

  
  

  Documents		Georges Constantine Rodocanachi entry in the baptism register, Greek Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, England
  		George Rodocanachi Inmate Card Buchenwald Concentration Camp

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Baptism records, St Nicholas Greek Church, Liverpool, England, 297. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Sep 1983, 12. Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]