Achille Naftalis
Achille Naftalis · Heroes of Israel
Médecin militaire du 21e régiment d'infanterie, résistant du groupe de Versailles-Thiverval, président de la synagogue Adath Israël
30 décembre 1909, Bacău, Roumanie — 29 janvier 1984, Petah Tikva, Israël
Paris, France, et Israël
Achille Naftalis is recognized among Israeli contributors to Heroes of Israel — Médecin militaire du 21e régiment d'infanterie, résistant du groupe de Versailles-Thiverval, président de la synagogue Adath Israël
Origins and early life
Achille Naftalis, born Ichil Naftalis at Bacău in Romania on 30 December 1909, came from a traditionalist and Zionist Jewish family; he died at Petah Tikva in Israel on 29 January 1984. He took his doctorate in medicine in 1936 with a thesis on cerebral tetanus and was naturalised French on 13 July 1937.
Work and career
He enlisted on 4 November 1938 and served as a medical officer with the 21st infantry regiment, carrying out, in the words of his citation, a very arduous service through the battle of France until 7 June 1940. Taken prisoner, he was held in 1940 and 1941, and his fellow captives called him the good doctor. From 1941 to 1944 he was a member of the Resistance in the group of Versailles-Thiverval. After the war he practised in Paris, served as an occupational physician for international firms and gave free consultations to those who could not pay.
In the Jewish community he was an administrator of the synagogue of the rue des Tournelles and president of the synagogue Adath Israël. He held the Croix de guerre 1939-1945, awarded in 1941, the medal of French gratitude granted in 1947 and the combatant's cross.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Naftalis
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Médecin militaire du 21e régiment d'infanterie, résistant du groupe de Versailles-Thiverval, président de la synagogue Adath Israël
Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Naftalis