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Hiding from the Nazis in Rosières-aux-Salines Partt 2

In my ancestor’s footsteps

Recap from previous issue: The citizens of The war journal of my great-grandfather, Dr.
Châlons-en-Champagne, my mother’s birth- Prosper Lévy-Neymarck, also led me to
place, had been so gracious, from the 100 Rosières-aux-Salines, a small town outside
chalônnais who came to my presentation at the Nancy, where he and his wife Blanche were
city library, to publisher Bruno Malthet, editor sheltered by a duo of Christian neighbors, be-
of Le Petit Catalaunien Illustré.( https://cata- fore the Nazis eventually sent my great-grand-
launien.net/) had greeted me with open arms. mother to her death at Auschwitz.

STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY BY KITTY MORSE
was once again awaiting a telephone
call, this time from an Internet con‐
tact in the small town of Rosières-
aux-Salines, a blip on the map outside
I Nancy, where, according to the jour‐
nal of my great-grandfather, decorated
army surgeon Dr. Prosper Lévy-Neymarck,
he and his wife were sheltered from the
Nazis in a local wine tunnel. It was Pros‐
per’s journal that led me to Rosières:

9 May 1940
“On news of] the mobilization of Sep‐
tember 1939, Anny comes to take us to
Rosières, where the risks of aerial bom‐
bardment are less than in Nancy, predicted
to be an early victim of enemy planes. Af‐
ter the first frost, and, in light of the calm
that reigned overhead (other than air raid
alerts) we return to our apartment in
Nancy...”

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