France http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005429
French Resistance, Underground http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_oi.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006587&MediaId=4557 http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/resource/pdf/resistance.pdf http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_nm.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005213&MediaId=1577
Paris Jewish Community during WWIIÉJews in France http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/France.html#Holocaust Microsoft Word - Microsoft Word - 5857.DOC http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005365 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005429 http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206509.pdf http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0004_0_03686.html http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%203702.pdf
Rivesaltes http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Rivesaltes.html
Rainbow Division of the American Army http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/ww2/rainbow.html
Dachau Microsoft Word - Microsoft Word - 6242.DOC http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/index.php?ModuleId=10005214
His eldest sister Sarah (age 17) and his parents Zacharia and Esther (in their 40s) were murdered at Auschwitz in September, 1942. Michael Taylor escaped French concentration camps after two years confinement with his family and joined the Jewish Underground or Maquis, primarily near Lyons, France. The infamous Butcher of Lyon, Klaus Barbie actively sought out hidden Jewish children and their Christian protectors in that region, for torture, deportation and extermination. When Barbie was suddenly captured in South America around 1983 and brought to trial in France, Taylor was interviewed by Mr, Pinkston and other press, both local and regional (some of which is enclosed), in conjunction with his WW II resistance, sabotage, and participation in the American ArmyÕs liberation of France. Taylor joined about 75 Jews in combat and following D-Day they and some 50 gentiles from France joined the American First Army. Previous to the invasion, the Allies continuously communicated with the Maquis, providing assistance and supplies. By keeping in touch with their location, eight paratroopers eventually assisted their successful sabotage of Nazi trains fleeing the invasion. The Nazis attempted to loot wine, food, art (similarly to the movie The Train, directed by John Frankenheimer), as well as retain military supplies for an anticipated new front. Michael Taylor was rearmed by the American Army and now his unit fought as one part. When the German border was reached, he was awarded a furlough to return East to find and visit his sisters (all three hidden children, still in their low teens). Marcel Marsol had taken care of the youngest; she had been extremely ill and he was in the Resistance and knew the family. After securing custody, Taylor waited unsuccessfully for half a year for the return of their parents and eldest sister (of whose whereabouts and murder all remained ignorant until Beatty KlarsfeldÕs publication of the details). In September of 1945, Michael Taylor then legally took his three sisters and many others on the first ship, The Matarua to leave Paris for Palestine. They had no possessions left. All began a new life after Taylor again fought successfully in the Israeli Army, this time for an independent State of Israel. A book about the Matarua features a famous photograph on the cover, which depicts my father proudly waving his beret and gun on top of a crowded jeep filled with Resistance heroes. They had been specially selected by the American Army Command as a symbol to precede General Charles DeGaulleÕs prepared entry into Paris after its liberation, to cheering streets of thousands. The following are details of my fatherÕs family and his WW II history: |
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