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Marcel Marceau Was A World War II Resistance Hero Who Saved Dozens Of Jewish Children

PEOPLE Posted: January 29, 2019 12:04 pm

Recruited by his cousin, resistance leader Georges Loinger (who recently passed away at age 108), Marceau used his mime and acting skills to convince German and Vichy authorities that he was a teacher or youth leader taking young kids (who happened to be Jewish and incognito) to an exercise camp (that happened to be on the Swiss border). — The History Channel

PEOPLE Published: 01.02.19

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