oce 🐆@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoTIL famous French mime Marcel Marceau was part of the French and Jewish resistance during Nazi occupation and used his talents to keep hidden Jewish kids entertained and silent when neededwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down11
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-linkTIL famous French mime Marcel Marceau was part of the French and Jewish resistance during Nazi occupation and used his talents to keep hidden Jewish kids entertained and silent when neededwww.smithsonianmag.comoce 🐆@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squaretatann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-215 hours ago“Ackchyually”, I’m pretty sure “les justes” are non-jewish people that helped/saved jewish people during WW2. Marceau was jewish, not that this diminishes his actions, au contraire
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Les justes.
“Ackchyually”, I’m pretty sure “les justes” are non-jewish people that helped/saved jewish people during WW2.
Marceau was jewish, not that this diminishes his actions, au contraire