TIL the Grand Mosque of Paris provided sanctuary to hundreds of Jews by hiding them within its complex, issuing them fake Muslim ID documents to help them escape detection by Nazis

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-paris-mosque-tells-forgotten-history-of-muslim-jewish-unity-17313637
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