Yvonne Nèvejean

Yvonne Feyerick Nèvejean (1900–1987) was one of the leaders of an organisation that helped hide Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Belgium during World War II.

In 1965, she was designated as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, and in 1996 a stamp was issued in Belgium bearing her image.

At that time Nèvejean was approached by the Comité de Défence des Juifs en Belgique, Belgium's main Jewish underground organization (founded in 1942 by fr:Hertz Jospa), and asked to rescue Jewish children separated from their parents.

Acting essentially on her own, Nèvejean agreed to have ONE place children with families and in institutions in order to protect them.

The Gestapo tried to stop Nevejean's operations, and arrested some rescuers and rescuees, but they were generally unsuccessful due to the brave stand made by Nèvejean and other Belgians, such as the Queen Mother Elizabeth and Leon Platteau of the Belgian Ministry of Justice, also designated "Righteous Among The Nations" by Yad Vashem.