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].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
Contents
Persons : The arrest of the leaders -- Andre Trocme, the soul 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 eccentric -- The astonishing weeks -- The ethics of life and death : How goodness happened here.
Summary
"Le Chambon's villagers and their clergy organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from certain death."