Rescue and Survival in France, 1939-1944

Nîmes Committee (Camps Committee)

Prepared by Eric Saul

Special thanks to Amy Fiske

“If you save the life of one person, it is as if you saved the world entire.”

- Talmud

This document is dedicated to the courageous men and women

who defended the sanctity of life...those whose names are recorded

and those whose actions yet remain anonymous.

Table of Contents

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Rescue in Southern France - Background and History

Introduction

Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed

Rescue and Survival in France

Rescue and Relief Organizations

Jewish population in France

Fact Sheet – France

Jewish Survival in the Holocaust

Concentration Camps in France

Donald Lowrie Account

Acknowledgements

Nîmes Committee (Camp Committee)

Leadership of the Nimes Committee

Members and Individuals Associated with the Nimes Committee

Member or Cooperating Agencies with the Nimes Committee

Part 1: Aid Operation for Children through Boegner Rescue Network

Part 2: Camps Commission through Committee for Action on Behalf of Refugees (CIMADE)

Part 3: Committee for Assistance to Refugees from Germany through Douvaine Rescue Network

Part 4: Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) through Le Chambon

Part 5: Memorial Relief Committee through RELICO

Part 6: Service Andre through Zionist Youth Movement

Individuals Associated with the Nimes Committee and rescue in Marseille

Le Chambon sur Lignon

Prominent Jewish Rescuers in Southern France

Diplomats who Aided or Saved Jews in Southern France

Volunteers who Worked with Diplomats in Southern France

Bibliography

Rescue in Southern France - Tables - Coming soon! Please check back.

French and German Anti-Jewish Laws and Administrative Actions

French Concentration Camps and Transit Camps

North – Occupied Zone

South – Unoccupied Zone

Rescue Efforts by Jewish Organizations in France

German and Austrian Refugees in France, by JDC

American Jewish Joint Distribution Expenditures For Rescue and Relief, France, 1933-1944

Appendices - Coming soon! Please check back.

Appendix A: Abbreviations

Appendix B: Terms – Glossary

Appendix C: Timeline of the Holocaust and Rescue in France

Appendix D: ERC Reports and Letters

Appendix E: Officially Recognizing Rescuers of the Holocaust

Appendix F:  Righteous Persons Who Worked With the Nimes Committee

Appendix G: Ambassador Gilberto Bosques

Appendix H: Stula material

Appendix I: Yehuda Bauer’s Nimes Committee

Appendix J: Subak’s Nimes Committee