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Georges Weill

Georges Weill was born in 1934 in Strasbourg, France, and passed away in 2022. He was a specialist in archival management and in the modern history of the Jews of France, on which he published numerous books and articles. He served as Curator in the library of the Alliance israélite universelle and as Chief Inspector of the French Archives. A former hidden child during World War II, he served as a witness to the life of his aunt Andrée Salomon.

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Andree Salom smiling with five young children

Andrée Salomon

Andrée Salomon, a heroine of the French Jewish Resistance, was responsible for saving approximately 1,000 Jewish children during the German Occupation of 1940-1944. She was also an active member of Zionist organizations facilitating clandestine immigration to Mandate Palestine and of the Women’s International Zionist Organization.