Jacques Helbronner

Jacques Helbronner (1873-1943) was a French jurist, civil servant and Jewish official. He served as the president of the Israelite Central Consistory of France from 1940 to 1943. He was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was murdered in a gas chamber by the Nazis.

Early life Jacques Helbronner was born on 21 September 1873 in Paris, France. His father, Horace Helbronner, was a lawyer. He was a supporter of Marshal Philippe Pétain, who told him he had been pressured by the German invaders into passing antisemitic laws. Similarly, Xavier Vallat told Helbronner he would change those laws and spare 95 percent of French Jews. Historian Jacques Adler has argued Helbronner was misled by the Vichy government.

Death Helbronner was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943, where he was murdered in a gas chamber by the Nazis.