André and Magda Trocmé
André Trocmé (April 7, 1901 – June 5, 1971) and his wife,
Magda (née Grilli di Cortona, November 2, 1901 – October 10, 1996), were a French couple who have been designated
Righteous Among the Nations for saving thousands of people from Nazi persecution. For 15 years, André served as a
Protestant pastor in the French town of
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, on the Plateau Vivarais-Lignon, in south-central
France. In his preaching, he spoke out against discrimination as the Nazis were gaining power in neighboring Germany. During
World War II, he urged his Christian congregation to hide
Jewish refugees from
the Holocaust as well as other individuals persecuted by the Nazi regime. He, his wife Magda and his assistant, Pastor Edouard Theis, led the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and surrounding villages in providing refuge for an estimated 5,000 people.
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