Reseau Marcel

  • Abadi network
Identifier
673
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

1943/1944

History

The Marcel network was a rescue mission operating in France, Nice, that between 1943 and 1944 saved 527 Jewish children ranging in age from newborns to teenagers. The network was organized by Moussa Abadi, a Syrian Jew from Damascus, who had been studying in France since 1928, and his French Jewish girlfriend, Odette Rosenstock.

Places

  • Founded and active in France, Nice.

Sources

  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.ushmm.org