Yvonne Nevejean Visit the Curator Room One Room

Yvonne Nevejean Visit the Curator Room One Room Two Room Three Artifact 1 Museum Entrance Welcome to the Lobby

Name of Museum Curator Information Kaitlin Arellanes & Yareli Romualdo Back to Lobby In memory to those who didn’t survive, you will never be forgotten.

Name of Museum Yvonne Nevejean Artifact 2 Back to Lob by Artifact 3 Artifact 4

Name of Museum Some were lucky and some weren't Artifact 5 Back to Lob by Artifact 6 Artifact 7

Name of Museum Rescued Artifact 8 Some Belgian children in Nevejean’s orphanage Back to Lob by Artifact 9 Artifact 10

Name of Museum Yvonne Nevejean was the head of the National Agency for Children, a Belgian organization sponsored by the government that cared for orphanages all throughout Back to Room 1 Insert Artifact Picture Here

Name of Museum Nazis Insert Artifact Picture Here In the summer of 1942, Nazis started going through Jewish houses. they immediately took the children to different concentration camps before people could do anything about it. Yvonne was taking care of some of the affected children. When she heard what was going on she started to move all the children somewhere else just in time before the Nazis Back to Room 1 could take them away.

Name of Museum The Gestapo Insert Artifact Picture Here The Gestapo broke into Wezembek Children’s Home on October 30, 1942 and took all the Jewish children and staff to a Mechelen Concentration camp. A non- Jewish housekeeper called Yvonne, to inform her of the occurring events, who was able to contact Queen Mother Elizabeth. She asked the queen if she was able to use her resources to get all the children and staff taken out of the concentration camp, later Back to Room 1 everyone was released.

Name of Museum Committee for the Protection of Jews Insert Artifact Picture Here In 1942 when Nazis began deporting Belgians and the Jewish underground organization, the Committee for the Protection of Jews in Belgium contacted Yvonne asking her if she could help Jewish children. She immediately agreed Back to Room 2

Name of Museum Rescue Insert Artifact Picture Here Yvonne Nevejean rescued more than 4, 000 Jewish children by giving them new identities, she gave them medical check-ups, ration cards, and a place to stay. The children were sent to boarding schools, safe houses, foster parents or convents. Those people she saved are known as “Yvonne’s Children”. Back to Room 2

Name of Museum Safe houses Insert Artifact Picture Here Yvonne Nevejean kept the children anywhere that was safe. She kept them in churches, houses, foster homes, etc. She was able to find out if the Nazis were going to take the children and she was able to find another place for them to be safe and she would take them there before it Back to Room 3

Name of Museum Those Not Saved Those children who were not rescued by people or organizations like National Agency for Children, their fates were unknown. Some could have been killed in a concentration or death Back to Room 3 Insert Artifact Picture Here