Following the fall of France in 1940, the clergy welcomed Marshal Pétain as a savior. However, when the raids on Jews began in the summer of 1942, Protestant pastors and Catholic clerics spoke out against the deportations. Their words broke the silence of the institutions and encouraged the Resistance, while schools and convents opened their doors to Jewish refugees.
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Résistance : comment le clergé français a sauvé les Juifs pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale
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