The Marcel Network: How One French Couple Saved 527 Children from the Holocaust

by Fred Coleman

Book Overview

Syrian immigrant Moussa Abadi was only 33, and his future wife, Odette Rosenstock, 28, when they found themselves trapped in Nazi-occupied France. This young Jewish couple--he a graduate student in theater, and she a doctor--was poor but resolute. Risking their own lives and relying on false papers, the Abadis hid Jewish children in Catholic schools and convents and with Protestant families. In 1943, their clandestine organization--the Marcel Network--became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612345115
• ISBN13: 9781612345116
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"