Genevieve

Genevieve, nom de guerre of Caroline Genevieve Rochas (1951-21 July 1979 was a French radical Marxist and member of Barzona Libre. Genevieve was involved in planting a few of the bombs against police.

Biography
Genevieve Rochas was born in Marseille in 1951. She was in Brunant by the early 1970s.

In 1973 she was involved in an attack on a Koningstad police station which injured 3 police officers. She was involved in two bomb attacks on police stations in 1976 and was subsequently wanted as the (then) only female with BL.

Genevieve was captured at a police roadblock near Koningstad on 4 June 1978, hidden in the boot of the car. She was sentenced to 14 years at Fontana Prison, being spared life in prison.

She was able to break out with outside help on 17 August that year, but was caught after two days. She was kept under stricter watch but on 9 November she escaped the prison through a tunnel, apparently without help.

A wide hunt ensued and she would be recaptured in 8 March 1979. She was sent to the new high-security Newell Prison as the first woman there. Reports suggested an attempt to escape occurred, and that she committed suicide in her cell on 21 July. It is widely rumoured she may have been killed by someone inside.

Personal life
Genevieve was the lover of BL member Juan Martines, until his death in 1976. They had a son in 1975. She gave birth to a daughter in prison in October 1978