Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Pierre-Marie Gerlier.
The record lists Pierre-Marie Gerlier as Catholic cardinal (1880–1965).
Pierre-Marie Gerlier was born at Versailles in 1880. His recorded nationality is France.
By occupation Pierre-Marie Gerlier was catholic priest, lawyer and catholic deacon - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
The people honoured as Righteous Among the Nations were overwhelmingly ordinary; what distinguished them was that they acted while their neighbours did not.
Recognition: Righteous Among the Nations (1981).
Pierre-Marie Gerlier died in 1965, aged 85. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1981
- Worked as Catholic priest, lawyer and Catholic deacon
