Gabriel Bénichou was decorated "officer of the legion of honor"

Gabriel Bénichou, who was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau on July 18, 1943 by Convoi No. 57 after being interned at the Drancy camp, was decorated with 'officier de la légion d'honneur' at the town hall of the 15th arrondissement of Paris on September 8, 2016.
 
The decoration was presented to him by Rabbi Daniel Fahri in the presence of Deputy Mayor Madame Tubiana and the director of the Shoah Memorial, Jacques Fredj. 

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Gabriel Bénichou et Jacques Fredj le 8 septembre 2016 à la mairie du XVe

Gabriel Bénichou and Jacques Fredj on September 8, 2016 at the 15th city hall

Gabriel Benichou, Yvette Levy et Ginette Kolinka, survivants et témoins de la Shoah

Gabriel Bénichou, Yvette Levy and Ginette Kolinka, French survivors and witnesses of the Shoah