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The grand mosque of Paris

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Ruelle, Karen Gray
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During the Nazi occupation of Paris, no Jew was safe from arrest and deportation to a concentration camp. Few Parisians were willing to risk their own lives to help. Yet many Jews found refuge in an unlikely place, the sprawling complex of the Grand Mosque of Paris. Not just a place of worship but also a community center, this hive of activity was an ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of war and Jews of all ages, including children.

Title The grand mosque of Paris : a story of how Muslims rescued Jews during the Holocaust / by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix.
Edition 1st ed.
Contributors DeSaix, Deborah Durland
Publisher New York : Holiday House
Creation Date c2009
Notes Includes bibliographical references and filmography (p. 37-39) and index.
Extent 40 pages : col. ill
24 x 28 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990034655220205171

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