Published on 2025-10-04

The Great Mosque of Paris saved a resistance fighter

In 1942, Philippe Bouvard's stepfather is arrested by the Gestapo for having helped German deserters. His mother then requests the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Kaddour Benghabrit, in order to obtain his release. Thanks to this intervention, the prisoner is released after fifteen days.
Philippe BouvardJeunesse et études

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