Trocmé, André

Birth Name Trocmé, André [1]
Gender male
Age at Death 70 years, 1 month, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth April 7, 1901   André Trocmé was born in Saint-Quentin

 
Marriage     André Trocmé married Magda Grilli

 
Occupation   Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, canton de Tence, arrondissement d'Yssingeaux. Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France  

Event Note

In 1941, Pastor André Trocmé asked Daniel Trocmé, his nephew, to become the principal of Les Grillons, a boarding school for Jewish refugee children established by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.

Event Note

In 1938, Pastor André Trocmé and the Reverend Edouard Theis founded the Collège Lycée International Cévenol in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. to prepare local country youngsters to enter university.

 
Death June 5, 1971    

 

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Source References

  1. We Only Know Men, The Rescue of Jews in France during the Holocaust

Pedigree

    1. Trocmé, André