Lest innocent blood be shed :the story of the village of Le Chambon and how goodness happened there /Philip P. Hallie ; [with a new foreword by the author].

Name/Title

Lest innocent blood be shed :the story of the village of Le Chambon and how goodness happened there /Philip P. Hallie ; [with a new foreword by the author].

Description

Persons : The arrest of the leaders -- Andre' Trocme', the sould of Le Chambon -- Beginnings-1934-1942 : The Presbytery and the flag -- The bell and the empty buses -- Help-1940-1944 : Burned shoes and the Quakers -- The spirit of the Presbytery -- The inspired amateurs -- Consequences-1943-1944 : Daniel Trocme', a conscience without gaps -- Flight from the gestapo -- The death of an accentric -- The astonishing weeks -- The ethics of life and death : How goodness happened here. vi, 303 p. :ill., map ;21 cm.

Book Details

Author

Hallie, Philip Paul.

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

1994

Publication Subjects

Jews--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.

Call No.

DS135 .F85 L434 1994

ISBN

0060925175 (pbk.)

LCCN

93045254

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index.