Jean-Gabriel Castel is a man who has lived an exciting and varied life, filled with unique stories and experiences. Born in Nice, France in 1928, he spent part of his youth as part of the French Resistance in World War 2, challenging Germany’s wartime occupation of his homeland. He and his family survived all the difficult experiences of the war years – the hunger, the deportations, the tension that filled each day…When the war concluded, he went on to become one of the first scholars of the Fulbright program and an intern at the United Nations. He also taught law at McGill University and the Osgoode School of Law, and they have an annual lecture named for him at York University.
Jean-Gabriel Castel shared his story with Mr. Masters’ History 12 class in May 2019. We thank the Memory Project for their part in facilitating this presentation.
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