Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France

Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos and maps ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 374 pages; " Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is a small village of scattered houses high in the mountains of the Ardche. Surrounded by pastures and thick forests of oak and pine, the plateau Vivarais lies in one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of Eastern France, cut off for long stretches of the winter by snow. During the Second World War, the inhabitants of the area saved thousands wanted by the Gestapo: resisters, freemasons, communists, downed Allied airmen and above all Jews. Many of these were children and babies, whose parents had been deported to the death camps in Poland. After the war, Le Chambon became the only village to be listed in its entirety in Yad Vashem's Dictionary of the Just."

Product Info

ISBN: 0307363082

ISBN-13: 9780307363084

Publisher: Random House Canada

Year: 2014

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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Country: Canada