Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

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

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.

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.”

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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