North African French Resistance:

A Well Kept Secret

The Vichy Regime, the Allies, and the Camps

 

by Dr. Nicole Cohen-Addad

Monday, 7 October at 7:00PM

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Center for Jewish History

ASF Sephardi Scholars Center

15 W 16th Street

New York City

 

They were hundreds, they were a thousand. French citizenship had been

confiscated from most through discriminatory Vichy laws. Nevertheless,

they fought as “patriots,” neutralizing the Vichy forces and paving the way

for American and the British landings on the coasts of Morocco and Algeria

in 1942, the first successful Allied landings on Axis soil. This was a major

turning point in the Second World War. And, then, inexplicably, they were

sent to camps in North Africa. Join us as we explore this little known

aspect of World War II history.

Dr. Nicole Cohen-Addad has been building an array of oral archives over

since 2002, with various actors and witnesses of this very special time

around 8 November 1942. The video interviews are readily available for

viewing on the website of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum under her

name.