A good place to hide : how one community saved thousands of lives from the Nazis in WWII
Grose, Peter, 1941-2016
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In the upper reaches of the Loire lies an isolated plateau and the secluded village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Their whole village was honoured not just by the French state, but with the extremely rare distinction of Righteous Among Nations by the people of Israel. How they earned this is one of the great modern stories of heroism and courage. Right through the War the community pulled off the astonishing feat of saving the lives of 5000 men, women and children whose very existence was deemed to be unpalatable to the Nazi occupiers and their Vichy stooges. Of those saved approximately 3500 were of Jewish descent. This title tells the story of how one French community saved these lives.
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Author:
Grose, Peter, 1941-, author
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Imprint:
London : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2016.London : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2016.
Collation:
xxxii, 332 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: as The greatest escape. 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781857886498 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.531830944595940.53183940.53183 GRO
Local class:
940.53183GRO940.53183
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English
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BRN:
2296789