Lucien Lublin, born 1909 in Brest-Litovsk and employed as electrical engineer. A socialist Zionist who became a leader of the French Jewish Resistance

Armee Juive

Armée Juive or Jewish Army, was a Zionist resistance movement in Nazi occupied World War II France which was created during January 1942 in Toulouse...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 with Abraham Polonski

Abraham Polonski

For the American film director by the same name, see: Abraham PolonskyAbraham Polonski was born in Russia in 1913. He was one of the founders of the French Jewish Resistance movement, having previously worked as an electrical engineer in Toulouse.By June 1940, the French army had surrendered to...

 and David Knout

David Knout

Dovid Knout , born in Orhei, Moldova is a Russian Jewish poet, who, with his wife Régine-Ariane and others, established a secret organization called La Main Forte which became the Armee Juive , a World War II resistance movement...

. Lublin had been a member of the Zionist Labor Movement before the war.

After the WWII, Lublin created the Society for Protecting Jewish Children, a charity which helped Jewish children who had survived the Holocaust and took them to Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

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