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Weapons of the Spirit by Pierre Sauvage (feature documentary also available in a 35 mn. classroom version, with interview of filmmaker by Bill Moyers). "A masterpiece" (Philip Hallie)
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On the wartime rescue in "Le Chambon"
Weapons of the Spirit by Pierre Sauvage (feature documentary
also available in a 35 mn. classroom version, with interview of filmmaker by
Bill Moyers). "A masterpiece" (Philip Hallie)
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened
There by the late Philip P. Hallie. Available from
Amazon.com.
by
Pierre Sauvage:
On "Le Chambon"
"A Most Persistent Haven," Moment, Oct. 1983, 31-37
"Ten Things I Would Like to Know About Righteous Conduct in Le Chambon and Elsewhere During the Holocaust," fall 1984 (“Faith in Humankind: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust," U. S. Holocaust Memorial Council conference, Washington, D. C., Sept. 19, 1984), Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 13.1 and 2 (Fall/Winter & Spring/Summer 1985/86): 252-259; also printed in "The Courage To Care: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust," Carol Rittner, R.S.M., and .Sondra Myers, Editors (New York University Pres, 1986)
in French: Cérémonie du souvenir au Chambon-sur-Lignon, le 26 juillet 1986
in French: Inauguration des Journées Mémoires du Plateau, le 11 juin 2004
in French: Text for Journal du Chambon, July 2004
in French: Message de Bienvenue au Président Chirac, le 7 juillet 2004
The Message of Le Chambon, July 7, 2004 (adapted from Welcome, Mr. President, July 7, 2004)
in French: Le Défi du Chambon, Le Figaro, le 13 juillet 2004
The Challenge of Le Chambon, the Forward, Oct. 8, 2004 (adapted from an article in Paris daily Le Figaro, July 13, 2004)
On Weapons of the Spirit:
"Weapons of the Spirit: A Journey Home," article by Pierre Sauvage, The Hollywood Reporter, March 17, 1987
"La Montagne" (in
French)
by Gérard Bollon
"La
Montagne protestante, terre
d'accueil et de résistance" (in French)
by Gérard Bollon
Google Scholar search for "Le Chambon"
Recommended
Fiction dealing with the history of
the area
of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during World War II includes:
Angels and Donkeys: Tales for Christmas and Other Times, stories by pastor André Trocmé, several of which were written in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during World War II. Translated by André Trocmé's daughter Nelly Trocmé Hewett and now available from MennoLink Books. Highly recommended.
Greater Than Angels by Carol
Matas (young adult fiction, based on interviews with Jewish survivors of Le
Chambon. Available from Amazon.com.
Review by Rebecca Sauvage,
then age 12:
"I loved it."
Other:
The Innocents Within by Robert Daley (Villard Books, 1999): see comments including Nelly Trocmé Hewett's unpublished letter to the New York Times about this purported historical novel and its portrayal of her parents and the area of Le Chambon
La Colline aux Mille Enfants, French TV movie adapted from the story of Le Chambon. The great dramatic movie about "Le Chambon" remains to be made.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon area Internet links
Official Le
Chambon-sur-Lignon website (in French)
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Tourist Office: in
French, in
English, in
Spanish, in
Russian
Olivier Russier's non-official Le Chambon-sur-Lignon website (in English
or in French)
Official Le Mazet Saint
Voy website (in French)
Collège Cévenol (in French) and Collège Cévenol U.S.
alumni website
Traveling to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (in French)
Manifesto underscoring the crisis at the once respected
Société d'Histoire de la Montagne
(in French)
The Lignon river
(in French)
The trouts of the Lignon River/Les
truites du Lignon (in French)
Hôtel Bel Horizon, Le
Chambon-sur-Lignon (village)
Hôtel Clair-Matin, just outside of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon)
Le Charleston et Chez
Léon, hotel and restaurant, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (countryside)
Golf du Chambon-sur-Lignon (18-hole)
golf course: in French and English
Prominent local author Agnès Bertron's
website (in French)
Luxury, worth-a-detour restaurant in the area:
Auberge et Clos des
Cîmes (Régis Marcon)
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon area history Internet links
Museum of
Tolerance Online Multimedia Learning Center on area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Jewish
Student Online Research Center on area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (from Yad Vashem
data)
Auschwitz.dk website on area of
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Internet Links on righteous Gentiles
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