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Evelyne Cohen, 93, fled Tunisia to become matriarch of a large family

Cohen grew up in a wealthy Tunisian Jewish family that fled for France in the 1950s, arriving with nothing.

By Sam Sokol April 20, 2020 5:05 pm

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Frida Wattenberg speaking with her brother, Charles Smiétanski, at the Memorial for the Shoah in Paris, France on Jan. 29, 2019. (Courtesy of the Memorial for the Shoah)

Frida Wattenberg, 95, smuggled Jewish orphans out of Nazi-occupied France

“She was a courageous woman and an indefatigable fighter,” the Memorial for the Shoah wrote in an obituary.

April 6, 2020 4:28 pm

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