Lucien Lazare, the French-Israeli historian and former French Resistance fighter, died in Jerusalem on September 22, 2026, at the age of 101. His death closes a chapter on a life that spanned nearly a century of upheaval and resistance. Born in Strasbourg on November 24, 1924, Lazare studied at the University of Strasbourg before the German occupation of France.
During the war, he attended secondary school in Lyon and joined the French Resistance through the Éclaireurs Israélites de France under Marc Haguenau. His involvement in those clandestine efforts was confirmed by sources familiar with his history.