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Salle 9 - Rescue of Jewish Children

Jul 42 – Feb 43

9. The rescue of Jewish children


On August 26, 1942, in Lyon, 1,016 Jews considered stateless were arrested and then interned at the Vénissieux camp (photo taken on August 27).

Vénissieux Camp

Rescue of Jewish Children - Vénissieux

The Vénissieux camp, used to intern stateless Jews following the large-scale roundup of August 26, 1942, in Lyon.

Vénissieux Camp: In his diary entry dated August 29, 1942, Jean Stern notes that the children were separated from their parents and taken into the care of the OSE.

Leaflet from the Mouvement National contre le Racisme (MNCR) calling on the French people to oppose the persecution of Jewish children.

André Network (or André Service)

Leaflet from the Resistance regarding the children of Vénissieux. All the Jewish children were smuggled out of the camp during the night of August 28–29, 1942.

Amelot Committee

The key leaders of the Garel and Salomon networks, which made it possible to rescue a great many Jews.

Diagram of the Garel Network, a Resistance network created by Georges Garel in Lyon as part of the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) to save Jewish children from deportation.

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.

Marcel Network (or Abadi Network)

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.

Excerpt from an MNCR leaflet calling on Christians “to take the initiative in launching a powerful campaign to mobilize public opinion” (March 1, 1943).

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.

Map of the offices of the UGIF (General Union of French Jews) in 1942.

The UGIF compiled a registry of Jewish children who were taken into care after their parents were arrested (September 1942).

Paulette Sarcey (Slifke) condemns the harmful role of the UGIF.

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.