Testimony of Rabbi Rene Kepel, the military chaplain, regarding his activities in camps in southern France and regarding the transferring of Jewish organizations to southern France and their activities there

Testimony of Rabbi Rene Kepel, the military chaplain, regarding his activities in camps in southern France and regarding the transferring of Jewish organizations to southern France and their activities there Life in France during the German occupation; transfer of Jewish organizations to Marseilles, Bordeaux and Toulouse; activities as military chaplain in camps: Gurs, Saint Cyprien and Vernet; relief activities of the Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews) and the Jewish organizations: the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), [H]ICEM ([Hebrew] Sheltering and Immigrants Aid Society), Comite d’Aide aux Refugies (CAR- Refugees Aid Committee) and Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France); activities of Rabbi Rene Hirschler.