03030cam a2200349 i 4500 513098026 TxAuBib 20141209120000.0 141113s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062202475 0062202472 (OCoLC)869267287 BTCTA eng rda BTCTA YDXCP BDX HQD OCLCO OCO ABG BUR UOK PROM TxAuBib rda Moorehead, Caroline. Village of secrets : defying the Nazis in Vichy France / Caroline Moorehead. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014] 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Random House Group Ltd."--Title-page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-356) and index. Escaping. Mea culpa ; The camps of shame ; Deportation fever ; A national disgrace -- Arriving. Walking near the Lord ; A pure spirit ; On Vichy's map ; Rats in a trap ; An open pen of chickens ; A lethal year ; An unknown and unknowable oblivion ; Crossing the border ; Living on a volcano ; Whatever else we do, we must save the children ; Perfect Maquis country ; Today, I have nothing to say ; Memory wars. High up in the mountains of the southern Massif Central in France lie tiny, remote villages united by a long and particular history. During the Second World War, the inhabitants of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and its parishes saved thousands wanted by the Gestapo: resisters, Freemasons, communists, and above all Jews, many of them orphans whose parents had been deported to concentration camps.Just why and how Le Chambon and its outlying villages came to save so many people has never been fully told. With unprecedented access to newly opened archives in France, Britain, and Germany, along with interviews documenting the testimony of surviving villagers, Caroline Moorehead paints an inspiring portrait of courage and determination: of what was accomplished when a small group of people banded together to oppose tyranny.A major contribution to the history of the Second World War, illustrated with black-and-white photos, Village of Secrets sets the record straight about the events in Chambon and pays tribute to a group of heroic individuals for whom saving others became more important than their own lives. 20141209. Jews France Le Chambon-sur-Lignon History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue France Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) History 20th century. Haute-Loire (France) History 20th century.