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Lieu de mémoire au Chambon-Lignon

by Patrick Cabanel

Righteous Gentiles in the HolocaustBiographyHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)World War, 1939-1945JewsRescueUnderground movementsProtestants

The story of a Nazi-occupied Protestant community of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in south-central France, and the plateau of Vivarais-Lignon, where thousands of Jewish children were welcomed, hidden and saved from the Holocaust during the Second World War. Includes a brief history of the Protestant reformation in the region.

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Book data: Open Library