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Salle 9 - Rescue of Jewish Children
Jul 42 – Feb 43
The Vénissieux camp, used to intern stateless Jews following the large-scale roundup of August 26, 1942, in Lyon.
Postcard, G. Petit, 1917, Venissieux © V. Perthuis-Portheret Collection, S. Klarsfeld (DR)
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9.1 A Coordinated Effort
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“Anti-Semitism Is Incompatible with Christianity,” Cahiers du Témoignage Chrétien, page 2 (April–May 1942).
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Fraternité
, “a liaison organ for French forces fighting against racist barbarism,” an underground publication in the southern zone. Issue No. 1, February 1942.
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Unzer Wort
condemns the extermination and calls for people to take up arms: “11,000 Jews—men, women, and children—were gassed to death by the Nazi thugs, who used them as test subjects.”
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A group of Jewish Scouts caring for Jewish refugee children.
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A major demonstration took place on July 14, 1942, in Lyon to protest against the Vichy regime and the German Occupation.
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