Toutes les salles

Before 1934

The Jewish section of the M.O.I.

1934 - 1939

Against Fascism | Outbreak of War

Jan 1940 - Sept 1940

The Occupation | Creation of “Solidarity”

Sept 1940 - June 1941

State Antisemitism | Responses

June - August 1941

Armed resistance

August - Oct 1941

Execution of hostages

Oct - Dec 1941

Persecutions | The Resistance

Jan–Jul 1942

Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup | The FTP-M.O.I.

July 1942 - Feb 1943

Rescue of Jewish Children 

10.

August 1942 - May 1943

Stalingrad | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

11.

1943

Creation of the UJRE

12.

Jan 1943 - Mar 1944

Repression | The Major Surveillance Operations

13.

Apr 1943 - March 1944

Unification of the Resistance

14.

Apr - Sep 1944

Insurrection and Liberation

15.

Oct 1944 - Nov 1945

End of the War | Reconstruction

Salle 9 - Rescue of Jewish Children 

Jul 42 – Feb 43

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.

Photo montage © USHMM, Washington_57829 /MRJ-MOI (DR)

Room

9.2 Other Rescue Operations

Period

1943

Document Type

Photos

Keywords

Geographic area

Source

visit the hall 9 - Rescue of Jewish Children 

Documents from the same period

Newspapers

“A liberated France will destroy all traces of racial hatred,” reads the headline of Fraternité, the official publication of the Mouvement National contre le Racisme, dated November 15, 1943.

Photos

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

Notes

André Network (or André Service)

Documents

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.

Leaflets/Flyers

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

Newspapers