Eddy Palacci

In the summer of 1939, weeks before Nazi Germany invaded Poland, Palacci's mother sent him home to her parents in Paris.

[1][2][3][4][5] The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 marked the beginning of World War II.

He spent the rest of the war there (January–September 1944), where he wound up supporting the French Resistance, as detailed in his memoir.

[1][2][3][4][5] Palacci's interaction with the French Resistance began in June 1943 in Paris, when he overheard a secret "Ventriloque" ("Ventriloquist") transmission on a friend's crystal radio set.

Finally, in June 1944, they told him to listen for Paul Verlaine's poem "Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song"), whose first verse contained a signal.

He strove for restitution to those French Jews interned in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

[2][3][5][10] In 2006, Professor Simon Epstein of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Palacci for Aloumim met with a delegation from the Commission pour l'indemnisation des victimes de spoliations (CIVS) (Commission for the Compensation of Victims of Spoliation).

His father, who was ill for much of his life, returned with his family to Garden City, Cairo, Egypt for warmer weather.

[1][2] Edmond Vita Palacci died age 85 on October 29, 2016, in Tel Aviv and was survived by his wife, sister, nieces, and nephew.