The Grand Mosque of Paris - Karen Gray Ruelle & Deborah Durland Desaix why Chris has described this world

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From the glittering concert halls of interbellum Warsaw to the vermin-infested prison where a Jewish woman negotiates with an SS officer to save her sister's child

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The Grand Mosque of Paris - Karen Gray Ruelle & Deborah Durland Desaix why Chris has described this worldA story of how Muslims rescued Jews during the Holocaust. When the Nazis occupied Paris, no Jew was safe from arrest and deportation. Few Parisians were willing to risk their own lives to help. Yet during that perilous time, many Jews found refuge in an unlikely place the sprawling complex of the Grand Mosque of Paris. Not just a place of worship but a community center, this hive of activity was an ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of