Rescue As Resistance ─ How Jewish Organizations Fought the Holocaust in France

Lazare, Holocaust survivor and scholar of Jewish history, argues that rescue including such activities as smuggling Jews across borders or fabricating false papers constituted a significant means of fighting back for French Jews and that, although unprepared for the severity of Hitler's genocidal onslaught, the Jews of France launched widespread and effective rescue and relief efforts following the first deportations in 1942. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Lucien Lazare is scientific editor at the International Center for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. An active participant in Jewish resistance groups in France during World War II, he is a member of the Commission for the Designation of the Righteous among the Nations.

Jeffrey M. Green lives in Jerusalem and translates from Hebrew and French.