Garel, Georges, 1909-1979

Georges Garel (also known as Gasquet, born Grigori Garfinkel; 1 March 1909, Vilna – 9 January 1979, Paris) was a Frenchman of Russian Jewish extraction celebrated for his exploits with the French Resistance in World War II. He was also a senior electrical engineer working for the Compagnie Électro-Mécanique. He was a member of the group which rescued 80 adults and 108 children from deportation from a Vichy internment camp at Vénissieux in August 1942. His subsequent efforts resulted in an organisation which became known as the "circuit Garel" which would eventually rehouse some 1,600 Jewish children into places in southern France under false papers, thus saving them from deportation.