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    • Andrée Geulen

    Belgian teacher and resistance member (–)

    Andrée Geulen-Herscovici (6 September – 31 May ) was a Belgian teacher and member of the resistance during the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. After becoming aware of the persecution of Belgian Jews through her employment, she became involved in the Committee for the Defence of Jews (Comité de Défense des Juifs, or CDJ; Joods Verdedigingscomité, JVC) in and actively assisted with the organisation and protection of "hidden children" amid the Holocaust in Belgium. In the aftermath of the war, she was recognised as Righteous among the Nations by the Israeli institute Yad Vashem and received several other honours in Belgium and Israel.

    Biography

    Career and resistance activities

    Andrée Geulen was born in Schaerbeek, a suburb of Brussels, on 6 September into a liberal family of the urban bourgeoisie.[1] After the German invasion of Belgium in May , the country was placed under military oc