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Rescue of Jewish Children


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Photos

Abadi Montage Network

Odette Rosenstock and Moussa Abadi, founders of the “Marcel Network” in Nice in 1943. They saved 527 Jews in the Nice region with the help of the diocese and Protestant pastors.

The Bishop of Nice, Monsignor Rémond, and Moussa Abadi (“Monsieur Marcel”) hiding the files of Jewish children who were in hiding in convents or with families among religious books. Nice, 1943.

In 1942, the Château de Chabannes, run by the OSE, sheltered more than 100 Jewish children. In December 1943, the château was closed, and the children were entrusted to the Garel network.

Jews hidden at the La Maison des Roches children’s home, run by Pastor André Trocmé (back row, center). Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, between 1941 and 1943.

Pastor André Trocmé (left) protected a great many Jews from the Nazis, notably with the help of the residents of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.

The village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, whose Protestant community distinguished itself during the Occupation by hiding 2,500 Jews. The entire village was designated “Righteous Among the Nations” in 1990.

The Moissac Children’s Home, founded by the Éclaireurs Israélites de France, took in nearly 500 Jews, thanks to the active support of the local community.

UGIF Center in Louveciennes: On July 22, 1944, the children and counselors were arrested; 6 children were deported to Bergen-Belsen and survived, while 34 others were deported to Auschwitz, 33 of whom were murdered upon arrival.

Following the roundups of the summer of 1942, the UGIF opened centers for children in the suburbs and in Paris (including the shelter on Rue Lamarck). These facilities were under the control of the General Committee for Jewish Affairs (CGQJ) and the Gestapo.

On Feb. 10 and 11, 1943, Paul Vergara and Madeleine Guillemot, members of La Clairière, a Protestant organization in Paris, hid 63 Jewish children who had been smuggled out of the UGIF center on Rue Lamarck, with the help of Suzanne Spaak and Sophie Schwartz.

Larissa Wuzek-Gruszow, who was initially placed at the UGIF, was later hidden by Sophie Schwartz, from the Jewish section of the M.O.I., at “La Clairière” and then with a family in the countryside.

The “Beiss Yessoïmim” orphanage in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire neighborhood): In March 1943, the children were evacuated to the Nièvre region to be hidden there. They escaped deportation.

Some of the MNCR members involved in rescuing Jewish children.

“The Nation’s Tribute to the Righteous of France,” a plaque affixed in the crypt of the Panthéon on January 18, 2007.

A concentration of German vehicles and tanks in Poland on the eve of Operation Barbarossa (June 1941).

German troops crossing the Soviet border with a cannon during Operation Barbarossa (June 22, 1941).

Communist flag (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, spring 1941).

A device used by communist Resistance fighters to distribute leaflets at a later time: as the water in the box drains out, the mousetrap springs open and dispenses the leaflets.

A typewriter keyboard with Hebrew characters, used for Yiddish texts.

Yiddish alphabet (composed of Hebrew characters).

Part of the team behind “Les Français parlent aux Français,” one of the BBC’s most popular programs, which symbolizes a spirit of Resistance.

Confiscation of radio sets by German authorities in the Lille region (May 12, 1941).

TSF radio. “This is London”: the four gong strikes, “as muffled as a heartbeat,” form the famous jingle for the BBC program “Les Français parlent aux Français.”

On the night of July 16–17, 1941, following an act of sabotage carried out by Communist activists, a freight train derailed in the municipality of Épinay-sur-Seine.