Maublanc Georges & Louise (Mazier)

Maublanc, Henri Maublanc, Louise File 7299 Henri and Louise Maublanc grew vegetables for marketing in Chilly-le-Vignoble (Jura). In the summer of 1940, five members of the Mannheimer family, Jews whom the Germans had driven out of Alsace, reached the village in destitute condition. The mayor, Marcel Grand (q.v.), immediately did whatever he could to help them, sending them to the Maublancs, who housed them in a shed in their courtyard. Grand then solicited donations of furniture and other essentials from the villagers. In the summer of 1944, after Resistance fighters who operated in the village wounded a French militiaman, German and militia forces invaded Chilly and searched the area for Resistance fighters and Jews. When they reached the Maublancs’ home, Henri told them that a deaf, ninety-year-old woman inhabited the shed. The Germans accepted that explanation and did not check the shed. Although they combed the area from house to house, no one even hinted that Jewish refugees were hiding in the village. On December 9, 1996, Yad Vashem recognized Henri and Louise Maublanc as Righteous Among the Nations.