Bodson Victor

Bodson, Victor Victor Bodson owned a house in Steinheim on the Sûre River, on the border between Germany and Luxembourg. Beginning in 1933, he offered refuge at his house to German-Jewish refugees who had successfully crossed the river. After they changed their wet clothing at his house and rested up a bit, he took them to prearranged safe addresses. He saved about 100 Jews in this way. On May 10 1940, when the Germans invaded Luxembourg, Bodson fled and went to France. Jean Schneider recalled that Bodson was instrumental in helping his family as well as other Luxembourg Jews leave France and flee to Portugal, thus escaping deportation. Bodson’s name appears in the October 1942 issue of the monthly-published Nazi Fahndungsbuch, which listed names of people wanted by the Gestapo for interrogation. This fact demonstrates that he was in genuine danger for if he were caught he would be sent to a concentration camp. Victor Bodson served twice as a Minister of Justice in Luxembourg as well as becoming a member of the European Commission and Chairman of the Luxembourg House of Parliament. On July 14, 1971, Yad Vashem recognized Victor Bodson as Righteous Among the Nations.