Monday 31 December 2018

French hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children dies aged 108

French hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children dies aged 108

French Resistance hero Georges Loinger, who used his ingenuity and athletic prowess to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during World War II, has died at the age of 108. A talented athlete and cousin of the famous mime artist and fellow Resistance member Marcel Marceau, the Jewish Loinger would smuggle the children in small groups across the Franco-Swiss border. One ruse involved dressing children up as mourners and taking them to a cemetery whose wall abutted the French side of the border.
Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-hero-who-saved-hundreds-of-jewish-children-dies-aged-108/?source=Snapzu

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