Georges Garel (also known as Gasquet, born Grigori Garfinkel; 1 March 1909, Vilna – 9 January 1979, Paris)[1] was a Frenchman of Russian Jewish extraction celebrated for his exploits with the French Resistance in World War II. He was also a senior electrical engineer working for the Compagnie Électro-Mécanique. He was a member of the group which rescued 80 adults and 108 children from deportation from a Vichy internment camp at Vénissieux in August 1942. His subsequent efforts resulted in an organisation which became known as the "circuit Garel"[2] which would eventually rehouse some 1,600 Jewish children into places in southern France under false papers, thus saving them from deportation.
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- ^ "EHRI - Garel Georges". portal.ehri-project.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Cindy Banse; Laurent Beauguitte. "Mesurer l'efficacité d'un réseau de sauvetage d'enfantsjuifs: l'exemple du circuit Garel (Lyon, 1942-1944)". hal.archives-ouvertes.fr. Retrieved 16 September 2020.