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Father John B. Janssens, S. J.
(1889-1964)
Father Janssens, the provincial superior of the
Flemish Jesuits in Belgium, lived in the Jesuit residence, on Haachtsesteenweg
8,
in Brussels. With Father Gessler, during
the last five months
of World War II, he approved the plan to conceal
in the
rear buildings of the residence some thirty-five
Jewish
children who could not play on the streets outside.
Remaining
inside the residence, where they were housed and
fed,
the chillren received instructions from the ladies
of the
Eucharistic Crusade and no one knew that they were
Jews.
Images were taken from the personal collection of the Rev. Vincent A. Lapomarda, S.J.
