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Centre de la Résistance, de la déportation et de la mémoire

Practical info

Type of location: Museum

Centre de la Résistance, de la déportation et de la mémoire

6 Place Victor Hugo, 41000 Blois

Tel : +33 2 54 44 67 40

https://www.blois.fr/attractive/remarquable/centre-de-la-resistance

Historical description

Blois

The Jewish presence in Blois seems to date from the end of the 10th century. But the city was infamous for the first anti-Semitic charge of ritual murder in 1171. About 40 Jews lived there then. Isaac Ben Eleazar was accused of having thrown a child in the Loire. ... Read more