Serge Gainsbourg's former home at 5 bis rue de Verneuil has become a public mausoleum, offering visitors a glimpse into the life of the iconic singer and songwriter.

"The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France" by James McAuley is a study of four interconnected French museums, once owned by wealthy Jews whose descendants perished in Auschwitz.

Romain Gary, a Lithuanian Jew who considered himself a quintessential Frenchman, led a remarkable life filled with self-invention and multiple personas.