Copyright © 2013 by Fred Coleman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Coleman, Fred.

The Marcel network : how one French couple saved 527 children from the Holocaust / Fred Coleman. — 1st ed.

     p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-61234-511-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN 978-1-61234-512-3 (electronic)

1. Abadi, Moussa. 2. Abadi, Odette, 1914–. 3. Jews—France—Nice—Biography. 4. Jewish children in the Holocaust—France—Nice. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Children. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Jews—Rescue—France—Nice. 7. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945)—France—Nice. 8. Nice (France)—Ethnic relations. I. Title.

DS135.F9A334 2013

940.53’18092244941–dc23

2012031568

Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39-48 Standard.

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