A garrison and coastal town closing the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel , Granville has always been coveted during armed conflicts in the area . During the Second World War , on 17 June 1940 , the Germans entered Granville . On 21 September 1941 , an article appeared in '' Le Granvillais '' signed by the name of " Camille " , where the author was alerting readers to the dangers and lack of basis for the next laws on the status of Jews of the Vichy regime . Despite this mark of resistance , eight Granville Jews were deported to Auschwitz : Léon Bobulesco and his two sons Armand and Rodolphe , Simon Goldenberg , his wife Minka and their children Henri and Ruben , as well as Smil Weesler . Three Communists suffered the same fate : Léon Lamort , René Loncle and Charles Passot
deported
The Holocaust
Granville, Manche