Trocmé, Daniel

Birth Name Trocmé, Daniel [1]
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1912 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, canton de Tence, arrondissement d'Yssingeaux. Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France  

 
Residence   Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, canton de Tence, arrondissement d'Yssingeaux. Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France Daniel Trocmé was head of one of the homes for children whose parents had been deported

Event Note

Daniel Trocmé taught physics, chemistry and natural sciences at Les Roches, an old, prestigious Protestant boarding school in Verneuil, in the département of Eure.

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

Jonathan Gali cites:
Daniel Trocmé never thought of himself. He was deeply conscientious. At night you might find the director working by a dim nightlight, repairing children’s shoes with bits of rubber tire.”

Event Note

Daniel Trocmé was offered the position of principal at La Maison des Roches.

 
Transport June, 1943   Daniel Trocmé and "his" children were arrested and deported to the East

Event Note

On June 29, 1943, the Gestapo raided f La Maison des Roches in search for Jewish students and the director.

Event Note

Under threat of the German submachine guns, Daniel Trocmé and eighteen of his students were imprisoned in Moulins.
Daniel Trocmé was taken to the Gestapo headquarters in Moulins for interrogation.
When accused of protecting a Jewish sixteen-year-old, he explained that he was only protecting the downtrodden.

Event Note

In August 1943, Daniel Trocmé was sent to the detention camp in Compiègne;

Event Note

From Compiègne; Daniel Trocmé was transported to Dora and then to Majdanek.

 
Death April, 1944 Majdanek Kriegsgefangenenlager, Lublin, województwo lubelskie, Polska Daniel Trocmé, age thirty-four-years, perished in the gas chamber

 
Honor   חסידי אומות העולם ‎Righteous Among the Nations Yad vaShem יד ושם‎‎ has honored the 'Righteous among the Nations'

Event Note

On February, 1970, Yad vaShem יד ושם‎‎ honored Germaine Chesneau as Righteous among the Nations חסידי אומות העולם‎ for hiding and rescuing 139 people.

Event Note

On March 18, 1976, Daniel Trocmé was honored by Yad VaShem יד ושם‎‎ as Righteous among the Nations חסידי אומות העולם‎.

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On January 14, 1985, Gilbert Lesage was honored by Yad vaShem יד ושם‎‎ as Righteous among the Nations חסידי אומות העולם‎.

Place Note

In 1990, the entire town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon was honored as Righteous among the Nations חסידי אומות העולם‎, for their humanitarianism and bravery under extreme danger.
A small garden and plaque on the grounds of Yad vaShem יד ושם‎‎ memorial to the Holocaust was dedicated to the citizens of Chambon-sur-Lignon.

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In 2004, Alexandre and Vila Glasberg were honored by Yad vaShem יד ושם‎‎ as Righteous among the Nations חסידי אומות העולם‎.

 

Gallery

Narrative

Daniel Trocmé was the young cousin of Pastor André Trocmé.

Narrative

Rescued in le Chambon sur Lignon; Peter Feigel's testimony

Source References

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

Pedigree

    1. Trocmé, Daniel