On December 4, 2016, I will be visiting Ceyroux for a Yad Vashem ceremony to present the Righteous medal of honor to the Daquet, Simonet & Parcelier descendents for their role in my parents life in hiding. They provided my parents & their families with a place to live, new identities and work as farmers. I look forward to retracing my dad's journey from Paris through Vierzon to Chateauxroux, to Ceyroux. When my parents arrived there in July 1942 Ceyroux was in the Free zone "zone libre". After 6 months, France was completely consumed by the German Nazi occupation. Ceyroux was subject to intrusive searches which forced my parents to hide in the woods and barn.
Ceyroux's mayor Leon Daquet, the Simonnet and Parcelier families, and the people of Ceyroux all played a part in my parents survival. Mayer Daquet provided my dad with a new identity card, "carte d'identite", changing his name from the revealing Jacob Joseph to a neutral Jacques. His occupation changed from printer to cultivateur (farmer), and no more Juif stamp.
http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/righteousName.html?language=en&itemId=9320436
