Guilmin Albert & Germaine

Guilmin, Albert Guilmin, Germaine File 3212 The Guilmin farm in Peloisières, about six kilometers from Bonnetable in the département of Sarthe was a transit point that housed more than one hundred Jews, children and adults, until they were referred to foster families and other hiding places. These refugees were brought to the farm in Peloisières by social workers active in WIZO, the Jewish women’s rescue organization, as well as in the Catholic network of Notre Dame de Sion, led by Father Théomir Devaux (q.v.). Despite the enormous risks, the Guilmins offered refuge to Jews fleeing arrest. Thus, eighteen-year-old Charles Edelmann and his mother Sara were sheltered on the Guilmins’ farm and treated as family. They stayed there from September 1943 to August 1944. To thank their rescuers, Sara Edelmann did sewing work, and Charles helped with the farm labor. After the liberation, the Guilmins gave a small sum of money to Charles and his mother to allow them to return to Paris and cover initial expenses of returning to normal life. On October 27, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized M.and Mme Guilmin as Righteous Among the Nations.