The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/drancy/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:21:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Drancy | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/drancy/ 32 32 In Nazi-occupied French Alps, a doctor risked death to save a Jewish girl. Why didn’t others? https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-nazi-occupied-french-alps-a-doctor-risked-death-to-save-a-jewish-girl-why-didnt-others/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:44:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3458023 Newly published 'Two Sisters' is a family memoir that goes back and forth in time to examine motivations for resistance and questions of morality in Vichy France

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]]> Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor, head of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91 https://www.timesofisrael.com/victor-perahia-holocaust-survivor-head-of-french-union-of-auschwitz-deportees-dies-at-91/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:23:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3389657 After years of silence, Perahia became a leading Holocaust educator; Macron: Ever-present 'racism and antisemitism tormented him and fueled his strength to awaken minds'

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]]> French Holocaust survivors mark 80 years since mass Vel d’Hiv roundup of Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-holocaust-survivors-mark-80-years-since-mass-vel-dhiv-roundup-of-jews/ Sun, 17 Jul 2022 11:13:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2800591 Over 2 days in 1942, police herded 13,152 people, including 4,115 children, into the Winter Velodrome of Paris before they were sent on to Nazi camps; very few survived

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]]> Holocaust survivor’s gruesome memories leave mark with French teens https://www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-survivors-gruesome-memories-leave-mark-with-french-teens/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:11:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2234309 Victor Perahia captivates middle-schoolers in Drancy with his personal story; 'This will surely stay with me the rest of my life,' one says

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]]> After saving Jewish children from Auschwitz, this humble heroine chose obscurity https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-saving-jewish-children-from-auschwitz-this-humble-heroine-chose-obscurity/ Sat, 27 Jan 2018 07:01:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1775558 Mary Elmes, only posthumously honored for her heroism, quietly turned down the France's Légion d'Honneur. A new book explores the modest Quaker's life-saving efforts

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]]> Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner died in Syria basement in 2001 – report https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-war-criminal-alois-brunner-died-in-syria-basement-in-2001-report/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:29:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1538063 Eichmann's 'right-hand man,' in charge of Drancy camp during WWII, was responsible for the death of an estimated 130,000 Jews

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]]> Ex-Auschwitz SS guard, 93, faces German trial in April https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-auschwitz-ss-guard-93-faces-german-trial-in-april/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:55:21 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1334686 Former death camp worker oversaw the arrival of trains full of Jews; on his watch, at least 1,075 perished in gas chambers

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]]> French interfaith imam assaulted, called ‘Zionist’ in Tunisia https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-interfaith-imam-assaulted-called-zionist-in-tunisia/ Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:11:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=659288 Hassen Chalghoumi uninjured in attack in presence of wife and children; assailant arrested

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]]> Imams visit Holocaust site to show tolerant Islam https://www.timesofisrael.com/imams-visit-holocaust-site-to-show-tolerant-islam/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:05:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=365820 Muslim leaders from all over France gather at Drancy memorial, site of former detention camp

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]]> French Jews pay a price for government effort to curb extremism https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-jews-pay-a-price-for-government-effort-to-curb-extremism/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:05:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=328982 Attempts to cut off funding to radical Muslim groups are harming Jewish organizations, while Christian groups haven't been affected

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]]> France honors Jews placed in WWII internment camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/france-honors-jews-placed-in-wwii-internment-camp/ Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:11:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=230548 Hollande attends ceremony at Drancy, where tens of thousands passed on the way to their deaths

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]]> ‘Imam of the Jews’ pays historic visit to Yad Vashem https://www.timesofisrael.com/imam-of-the-jews-pays-historic-visit-to-yad-vashem/ Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:07:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=120848 Hassen Chalghoumi of France says Holocaust deniers are accomplices in the crime

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