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Israeli Historian Lucien Lazare Dies at 101

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC · How we work

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Israeli historian Lucien Lazare died at his Jerusalem home on Sept. 22, aged 101.
He served on Yad Vashem’s commission honoring those who rescued Jews during World II.
In late spring 1944, Lazare joined the Marc Haguenau Jewish resistance unit in occupied France.
In August 1944, the unit ambushed a German train, prompting the Wehrmacht to surrender.
Lazare recounted the ambush victory in his 2015 memoir *Le Tapissier de Jérusalem*.

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Israeli historian Lucien Lazare died at his Jerusalem home on Sept. 22, aged 101.
He served on Yad Vashem’s commission honoring those who rescued Jews during World II.
In late spring 1944, Lazare joined the Marc Haguenau Jewish resistance unit in occupied France.
In August 1944, the unit ambushed a German train, prompting the Wehrmacht to surrender.
Lazare recounted the ambush victory in his 2015 memoir *Le Tapissier de Jérusalem*.