279:. During the interrogation, she refused to divulge any information despite the promise of release in return. After realizing the reality of her arrest, Abadi fell into deep distress and was encouraged to seek refuge in the hinterland. However, he refused to abandon the children and often slept alone in the Church.
262:
police began rounding up Jewish people. Under the false name of Sylvie
Delattre, Rosenstock acted as a social worker for the Church and approached Protestant families, while Abadi sought convents and Catholic schools to hide the Jewish children. Through word of mouth, Jewish parents learnt about the
310:
Upon their reconnection in Nice, Rosenstock married Moussa Abadi in 1959, becoming Odette Abadi. They were married legally at the town hall of the 12th arrondissement, and later through a religious ceremony performed by Rabbi Farhi. They spoke little about the RĂ©seau Marcel and their work during the
337:
Les
Enfants et Amis Abadi organisation was created on 4 May 2000 by one of the children saved by the Abadis, Jeannette Wolgust. Its purpose is to bring together the children hidden by the couple and preserve their memory. On 13 September 2008, a square in Paris was named "Place Moussa et Odette
152:
On 29 July 1999, Abadi died by suicide and the Les
Enfants et Amis Abadi organisation was created the following year by one of the children she saved. In 2008, a square in Paris was named "Place Moussa et Odette Abadi" as a tribute to the couple's work. On 28 October 2017, the "Square Odette et
165:
Odette
Rosenstock was born in Paris on 24 August 1914, to garment factory owners Camille and Marthe Rosenstock. She also grew up with a younger sister. Although born Jewish, her family did not practice the Jewish religion. Secretly, Rosenstock appreciated some of the principles and her Jewish
298:, although she lacked many medical necessities. In documents released after the war, she revealed a previously unknown protocol for combatting contagious diseases, which was that when infected individuals were discovered, their entire block was sent to the
263:
RĂ©seau Marcel and preemptively left their children with the couple before leaving for the camps or attempting to flee. Using the
Churches resources, Rosenstock and Abadi falsified baptism certificates and gave Jewish children a new identity.
239:
318:, and her husband became a theater critic. From 1978 until 1994, she worked as a doctor at a private college for those with hearing difficulties called Cours Morvan. In the 1980s, she was awarded the
258:("Marcel Network") which saved 527 Jewish children between 1943 and 1945 by hiding them within Catholic institutions. Both Rosenstock and Abadi obtained false papers identifying them as Christian as
246:. At the end of November 1942, she met up with refugee Moussa Abadi in Nice, and together they collected children left abandoned after their Jewish parents were arrested. She also worked for the
329:
Moussa Abadi died in 1997 and two years after her husband's death, Abadi died by suicide on 29 July 1999. She left behind a suicide note addressed to the children that she had helped to save.
643:
238:
During this time, Rosenstock remained in communication with Abadi who encouraged her to join him in Nice, where he had fled. In order to reach Nice, she swam across the river to get from
230:
forced her out of a job. Unable to return to her former position, Rosenstock was hired as a temporary worker in Jewish dispensaries before they eventually closed and then as a midwife.
946:
966:
971:
956:
976:
611:
338:
Abadi" as a tribute to the couple's work. On 28 October 2017, the "Square Odette et Moussa Abadi" was inaugurated in Nice in recognition of their work.
996:
951:
532:
207:, her father fled to the south. However her mother and younger sister Simone were captured by the Nazis before they could join him, and sent to
961:
302:. After Allied troops liberated the captives at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, Moussa Abadi received a note in Nice that read “Odette is alive.”
196:
199:
refugees from the war. She returned to Paris to finish her medical studies and earned a diploma in hygiene-prevention. The next year, she met
874:
712:
494:
322:
and Silver Medal of the
National Academy of Medicine. She also wrote a book about her time in concentration camps during WWII called
916:
895:
287:
142:
986:
247:
174:, she began attending meetings and debates as a teenager. She graduated from high school in 1933 and began studying medicine.
981:
214:
Rosenstock was appointed
Medical Inspector of Social Security at the Evacuation Centers for Children of the Schools of the
227:
830:
33:
283:
208:
991:
458:
766:
644:"Odette Abadi manquera aux enfants cachés. Avec son mari, elle avait sauvé 527 enfants juifs pendant l'Occupation"
676:
Pollard, Miranda (Summer 2012). "A Question of
Silence? Odette Rosenstock, Moussa Abadi, and the RĂ©seau Marcel".
138:
462:
204:
501:. Anonymous, Righteous and Persecuted during the Nazi period in the communes of France. Archived from
941:
936:
533:"The heroic Jewish couple who miraculously smuggled 527 children to safety from WWII occupied France"
578:
276:
693:
912:
891:
870:
188:
118:
906:
864:
685:
99:
502:
319:
415:
137:, she refused to divulge the locations of the hidden Jewish children and was sent to two
255:
126:
251:
740:
314:
During and after the war, Abadi continued her profession as a doctor, with a focus on
930:
648:
295:
130:
792:
355:
315:
259:
200:
167:
146:
145:
was liberated in 1945, Abadi continued her profession as a doctor, with a focus on
122:
76:
616:
887:
Saving the Jews: Amazing
Stories of Men and Women who Defied the "final Solution"
885:
294:. While in Auschwitz-Birkenau, she was appointed a doctor under the guidance of
866:
The Marcel
Network: How One French Couple Saved 527 Children from the Holocaust
129:("Marcel Network") which saved more than 500 Jewish children from death during
835:
243:
689:
299:
223:
271:
On 25 April 1944, Rosenstock was arrested interrogated and tortured by the
117:; 24 August 1914 – 29 July 1999) was a French physician, and member of the
250:
with her future husband. Eventually, using the resources provided by the
192:
697:
358:
article, Odette's father lived throughout the war, having died in 1967.
272:
203:, a fellow doctor, in December 1939 through a mutual friend. After the
134:
291:
219:
171:
908:
Heroines of Vichy France: Rescuing French Jews during the Holocaust
215:
612:"Histoire: ce réseau de résistants qui a sauvé 500 enfants juifs"
154:
32:
713:"The Past and Promise of Jewish Prisoner-Physicians' Accounts"
555:
553:
718:. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation. p. 94
16:
Physician and member of the French Resistance during WWII
391:
389:
387:
226:. She stayed in these roles until October 1940, when
905:
Bartrop, Paul R.; Lakin, Samantha J. (10 May 2019).
95:
70:
58:
39:
23:
133:. Although she was arrested and tortured by the
831:"Une stèle en hommage à Odette et Moussa Abadi"
170:. Concerned about injustice and the growth of
453:
451:
449:
8:
440:
410:
408:
406:
404:
572:
570:
568:
947:Bergen-Belsen concentration camp survivors
671:
669:
667:
637:
635:
526:
524:
522:
520:
166:background but hid her desires due to the
31:
20:
967:Female resistance members of World War II
605:
603:
601:
599:
187:After qualifying as a doctor during the
972:20th-century French non-fiction writers
817:
559:
395:
378:
371:
347:
678:French Politics, Culture & Society
489:
487:
485:
483:
481:
479:
735:
733:
7:
642:Bantman, BĂ©atrice (6 August 1999).
577:Johnson, Douglas (17 August 1999).
957:Recipients of the Legion of Honour
14:
977:20th-century French women writers
610:Haquet, Charles (26 March 2015).
531:Donoghue, Emma (5 October 2019).
153:Moussa Abadi" was inaugurated in
143:Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
997:French people of Jewish descent
282:Rosenstock was firstly sent to
85:
952:20th-century French physicians
195:in 1938 to welcome and rescue
157:in recognition of their work.
125:. She was a co-founder of the
1:
962:Jews in the French resistance
326:which was published in 1995.
839:(in French). 28 October 2017
248:Ĺ’uvre de secours aux enfants
218:, then Medical Inspector of
209:Auschwitz concentration camp
459:"Testimony of Odette Abadi"
1013:
884:Paldiel, Mordecai (2000).
767:"Lettre Ă mes 527 enfants"
495:"Odette Rosenstock Abadi"
275:before being deported to
191:, Rosenstock went to the
30:
797:lesenfantsetamisabadi.fr
793:"Objet de l'association"
745:lesenfantsetamisabadi.fr
711:Siegel, Sari J. (2016).
690:10.3167/fpcs.2012.300207
441:Bartrop & Lakin 2019
354:According to the French
306:Post-war career and life
168:Nazi movement in Germany
161:Early life and education
290:, where she contracted
205:Nazi invasion of France
183:Physician and inspector
987:Women in war in France
869:. Potomac Books, Inc.
863:Coleman, Fred (2013).
286:before being moved to
254:, they co-founded the
211:where they both died.
982:Physicians from Paris
463:MĂ©morial de la Shoah
741:"Odette Rosenstock"
562:, pp. 281–285.
537:The Daily Telegraph
416:"Rosenstock Odette"
277:concentration camps
267:Concentration camps
139:concentration camps
992:Suicides in France
284:Auschwitz-Birkenau
197:Spanish Republican
876:978-1-61234-512-3
324:Terre de détresse
189:Spanish Civil War
105:
104:
1004:
922:
901:
880:
849:
848:
846:
844:
827:
821:
815:
809:
808:
806:
804:
789:
783:
782:
780:
778:
763:
757:
756:
754:
752:
737:
728:
727:
725:
723:
717:
708:
702:
701:
673:
662:
661:
659:
657:
639:
630:
629:
627:
625:
607:
594:
593:
591:
589:
574:
563:
557:
548:
547:
545:
543:
528:
515:
514:
512:
510:
505:on 5 August 2021
491:
474:
473:
471:
469:
455:
444:
438:
432:
431:
429:
427:
412:
399:
393:
382:
381:, p. 13,15.
376:
359:
352:
228:anti-Jewish laws
100:Legion of Honour
89:
87:
65:
49:
47:
35:
21:
1012:
1011:
1007:
1006:
1005:
1003:
1002:
1001:
927:
926:
925:
919:
904:
898:
883:
877:
862:
858:
853:
852:
842:
840:
829:
828:
824:
816:
812:
802:
800:
791:
790:
786:
776:
774:
765:
764:
760:
750:
748:
739:
738:
731:
721:
719:
715:
710:
709:
705:
675:
674:
665:
655:
653:
641:
640:
633:
623:
621:
609:
608:
597:
587:
585:
576:
575:
566:
558:
551:
541:
539:
530:
529:
518:
508:
506:
493:
492:
477:
467:
465:
457:
456:
447:
439:
435:
425:
423:
414:
413:
402:
394:
385:
377:
373:
368:
363:
362:
353:
349:
344:
335:
320:Legion of Honor
308:
269:
240:Occupied France
236:
185:
180:
163:
91:
88: 1959)
83:
79:
63:
54:
51:
45:
43:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1010:
1008:
1000:
999:
994:
989:
984:
979:
974:
969:
964:
959:
954:
949:
944:
939:
929:
928:
924:
923:
917:
902:
896:
881:
875:
859:
857:
854:
851:
850:
822:
820:, p. 181.
810:
784:
758:
729:
703:
684:(2): 113–133.
663:
631:
595:
579:"Odette Abadi"
564:
549:
516:
475:
445:
433:
420:memoresist.org
400:
383:
370:
369:
367:
364:
361:
360:
346:
345:
343:
340:
334:
331:
307:
304:
268:
265:
252:Bishop of Nice
235:
232:
184:
181:
179:
176:
162:
159:
103:
102:
97:
93:
92:
81:
75:
74:
72:
68:
67:
66:(aged 84)
60:
56:
55:
52:
50:24 August 1914
41:
37:
36:
28:
27:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1009:
998:
995:
993:
990:
988:
985:
983:
980:
978:
975:
973:
970:
968:
965:
963:
960:
958:
955:
953:
950:
948:
945:
943:
940:
938:
935:
934:
932:
920:
918:9781440852336
914:
910:
909:
903:
899:
897:9781887563550
893:
890:. Schreiber.
889:
888:
882:
878:
872:
868:
867:
861:
860:
855:
838:
837:
832:
826:
823:
819:
814:
811:
798:
794:
788:
785:
772:
768:
762:
759:
746:
742:
736:
734:
730:
714:
707:
704:
699:
695:
691:
687:
683:
679:
672:
670:
668:
664:
651:
650:
645:
638:
636:
632:
619:
618:
613:
606:
604:
602:
600:
596:
584:
580:
573:
571:
569:
565:
561:
556:
554:
550:
538:
534:
527:
525:
523:
521:
517:
504:
500:
496:
490:
488:
486:
484:
482:
480:
476:
464:
461:(in French).
460:
454:
452:
450:
446:
443:, p. 43.
442:
437:
434:
421:
417:
411:
409:
407:
405:
401:
398:, p. 15.
397:
392:
390:
388:
384:
380:
375:
372:
365:
357:
356:Odette Abaldi
351:
348:
341:
339:
332:
330:
327:
325:
321:
317:
312:
305:
303:
301:
297:
296:Josef Mengele
293:
289:
288:Bergen-Belsen
285:
280:
278:
274:
266:
264:
261:
257:
256:RĂ©seau Marcel
253:
249:
245:
241:
234:RĂ©seau Marcel
233:
231:
229:
225:
221:
217:
216:City of Paris
212:
210:
206:
202:
198:
194:
190:
182:
177:
175:
173:
169:
160:
158:
156:
150:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
131:The Holocaust
128:
127:RĂ©seau Marcel
124:
120:
116:
113:
109:
101:
98:
94:
78:
73:
69:
61:
57:
53:Paris, France
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
911:. ABC-CLIO.
907:
886:
865:
856:Bibliography
841:. Retrieved
834:
825:
818:Coleman 2013
813:
801:. Retrieved
796:
787:
775:. Retrieved
770:
761:
749:. Retrieved
744:
720:. Retrieved
706:
681:
677:
654:. Retrieved
647:
622:. Retrieved
615:
586:. Retrieved
583:The Guardian
582:
560:Paldiel 2000
540:. Retrieved
536:
507:. Retrieved
503:the original
498:
466:. Retrieved
436:
424:. Retrieved
419:
396:Coleman 2013
379:Coleman 2013
374:
350:
336:
328:
323:
316:tuberculosis
313:
309:
281:
270:
237:
213:
201:Moussa Abadi
186:
164:
151:
147:tuberculosis
123:World War II
114:
111:
108:Odette Abadi
107:
106:
77:Moussa Abadi
64:(1999-07-29)
62:29 July 1999
25:Odette Abadi
18:
942:1999 deaths
937:1914 births
843:15 November
803:15 November
799:(in French)
777:13 November
773:(in French)
751:13 November
747:(in French)
656:11 November
652:(in French)
624:11 November
620:(in French)
588:11 November
542:13 November
468:11 November
426:11 November
422:(in French)
222:Schools in
931:Categories
836:Nice-Matin
649:Libération
366:References
300:crematoria
119:Resistance
115:Rosenstock
46:1914-08-24
771:L'Express
617:L'Express
244:Free Zone
242:into the
224:Montargis
698:42843756
499:ajpn.org
193:Pyrenees
141:. After
273:Gestapo
135:Gestapo
121:during
90:
82:
915:
894:
873:
696:
333:Legacy
292:typhus
220:Loiret
178:Career
172:Nazism
96:Honors
71:Spouse
722:4 May
716:(PDF)
694:JSTOR
509:4 May
342:Notes
311:war.
260:Vichy
84:(
80:
913:ISBN
892:ISBN
871:ISBN
845:2019
805:2019
779:2019
753:2019
724:2020
658:2019
626:2019
590:2019
544:2019
511:2020
470:2019
428:2019
155:Nice
59:Died
40:Born
686:doi
112:née
933::
833:.
795:.
769:.
743:.
732:^
692:.
682:30
680:.
666:^
646:.
634:^
614:.
598:^
581:.
567:^
552:^
535:.
519:^
497:.
478:^
448:^
418:.
403:^
386:^
149:.
86:m.
921:.
900:.
879:.
847:.
807:.
781:.
755:.
726:.
700:.
688::
660:.
628:.
592:.
546:.
513:.
472:.
430:.
110:(
48:)
44:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
