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Yad Vashem is open to the general public, free of charge. All visits to Yad Vashem must be reserved in advance.

Righteous Among the Nations in France

Some 75% of the Jewish population in France in June 1940, the beginning of the Nazi occupation, survived the destruction of the Holocaust. Compared to its neighbors (Holland and Belgium), also under German rule from 1940-1944, and even more so compared to countries in Central and Eastern Europe, this is a large number. This article examines to what degree the acts of those who rescued the Jews in France contributed to the fact that at the time of liberation some 260,000 French Jews (out of 300,000 in 1940) took part in the victory celebrations over Nazi Germany.

Jean Phillipe
Jean Phillipe

Gilbert Lesage, Chateau de Charbonniere, 1950
Gilbert Lesage, Chateau de Charbonniere, 1950

Bunel Lucien (père Jacque)
Bunel Lucien (père Jacque)