Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Heroic Tale of Holocaust, With a Twist

"Muslims, it seems, rescued Jews from the Nazis. 'Les Hommes Libres' ('Free Men') is a tale of courage not found in French textbooks. According to the story, Si Kaddour Benghabrit, the founder and rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, provided refuge and certificates of Muslim identity to a small number of Jews to allow them to evade arrest and deportation."

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