Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101

New York Times1 October 2026, 21:32 UTCFrance

He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.

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