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    Jonathan gali was rescued from Auschwitz by the french Jewish child care agency. He was brought to the school at Les Grillons to work for Headmaster Daniel Trocme. A year later, he came back to visit us, hoping to see the children he had helped raise.

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    Jonathan gali was rescued from Auschwitz by the french Jewish child care agency. He was brought to the school at Les Grillons to work for Headmaster Daniel Trocme. A year later, he came back to visit us, hoping to see the children he had helped raise.

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    ItwasfiveyearsagothatIwasrescuedfrom
    Auschwitzbythe

    FrenchJewishchildcareagency,givenfalse
    papers,andbroughttotheLesGrillonsschooltowork.Atthat
    time,Daniel
    TrocmhadjustbeenpromotedtoHeadmasterandwas
    takingtheschoolunderhiswing.HehadbeenthesmartestmanI
    knewthen,andthekindestmanIknownow.Heismyhero,and
    writinghisstorydownismywayofrememberinghim.
    Itwas1941.Iwasbarelysixteenandhadjustbeenrescued
    byOSE.UponmyarrivalatLesGrillons,Iwasgreetedbyatall
    manwithroundglasses.Hehadasternlookabouthim,yetby
    theendofourshortmeeting,Iknewthismanwaspossiblyone
    ofthemostfascinatingandcultivatedpeopleIhadevermet.He
    stretchedouthishandtome,anactfewFrenchmenwouldhave
    doneforaJew,butDaniel
    Trocmwasnotseparatedbylabels
    andreligionhewasagentlemanwhocaredforall.
    TimepassedandmydailylifeatLesGrillonsbecame
    routine.IgrewclosetomanyoftheJewishoccupantsandbecame
    thankfultobeworkingforDanielTrocm.
    AtnightIwouldsee
    himworkingbydimcandlelight,repairingchildrensshoeswith
    bitsofrubbertire.InthemorningsIwouldevenseehimcarry
    thechildrenssouphemadehimselfashewalkedtwokilometers
    uptotheschool.
    AyearpassedandDanielwasofferedtheHeadmasterjobat
    LaMaisondesRoches,whichheaccepted.However,thiswasnot
    thelasttimeIsawhim.Hecamebackandvisitedusayear
    lateronJune29,1943,hopingtoseethechildrenhehadhelped
    raise.Ironically,thiswasthesamedaythattheVichyPolice

    hadstormedintoLaMaison,hopingtocatchJewswhichthey
    didandtheirinstructor.Daniel,whohadbeenwithuswhenhe
    heardthenews,hadachancetorunaway.Thatnightwewentup
    tohimandinformedhimthatnobodywouldjudgeifhefled,and
    returningwouldmeandeath.Daniel,however,didnotseeitthis
    wayheknewthatitwashisdutytoreturntothechildrenhe
    sworetoprotect.
    HeandhiseighteenstudentsfromLesMaisonwerebrought
    tothecityofMoulinswheretheywerekeptwithlittlefood,
    littlewater,andlittlehopeforescape.MyfriendsandIlater
    gotwordthatDanielhadbeenmovedtothecampinCompigne,
    France.Hisstudentswerenotasluckymonthslatertheywere
    separatedandbroughttolaborcampswheretheywereshotand
    killed.Danielsstrugglescontinuedwhenhewasbeing
    transportedtoacampinMajdanek.He,alongwithhundredsof
    othersickmen,wereforcedtowalkhundredsofmilestoaplace
    whichwouldbringevenmoredeath.
    IwaseighteenyearsoldwhenIgotthenewsofDaniels
    death.HehadnotmadeittoMajdanek.Hehaddiedonthemarch
    there,hisbodyleftatthesideoftheroad.Hediedin1944at
    theageofthirtyfour.Daysafterhearingthis,Ibecame
    inspiredtolookintothelivesofthosewhohelpedmesurvive
    theHolocaust.
    RogerLeForestier,themanwhohadcreatedthefalse
    identificationandrationcardthatIhadbeenhandedmyfirst
    dayatLesGrillons,wasarrestedandthenshotonAugust20,
    1944.Ihadneededthosepapersfivetimesforeverytimethe
    VichyPolicehadinspectedtheschool,so,inaway,IoweRoger
    LeForestierfivelives.

    DanielsUncle,
    AndrTrocm,whowasthereasonDanielwas
    theHeadmasterofLesGrillonsinthefirstplace,wasforcedto
    gointohidingafterbeingaccusedofshelteringJews.Hecame
    outdaysbefore
    LeChambonsurLignonwasliberatedonSeptember
    3,1944.
    Irespectthe
    Trocmfamilysomuch,becauseevenwhenthe
    worldseemedtobefillingwithdarkness,theykepttheirtown
    andthoseinsideofitsafe.

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