Language:
French
Year of publication:
2009
Titel der Quelle:
Guerres Mondiales et Conflits Contemporains
Angaben zur Quelle:
236 (2009) 97-119
Keywords:
Jews
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Rescue
Abstract:
Describes the rescue of Jews in Sarthe, a traditionally conservative and mainly Catholic region near Paris, during the Shoah. Although Sarthe was occupied by the Germans, it served as a refuge for many abandoned or orphaned Jewish children, just as it had sheltered homeless children from Paris from the 19th century. The Jewish children went to school under false identities and their secret was generally kept by the teachers. The inhabitants of this mainly rural region were ardent supporters of Vichy, yet they turned their villages into places of refuge for Jewish families. Several mayors and community officials provided Jews with false identification, food coupons, and other kinds of aid. Mentions Vichy welfare officials, members of the Red Cross, and Quakers who helped hide Jewish children in Sarthe. Catholic rescue networks, especially the Notre-Dame de Sion in Paris, placed Jewish children in families, convents, and monasteries in the region. The bishop of Mans, Georges-Marie Grente, was instrumental in this work. The prefects of Sarthe did not show particular zealousness in applying anti-Jewish measures; this encouraged the population to help the Jews. Does not mention how many Jewish refugees passed through Sarthe or found a home there during the war. The number of deportees was not very high.
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