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EspañolLE CHAMBON-SUR-LIGNON
'Le Chambon-sur-Lignon' is a town and commune in the Haute-Loire ''département'' in the Auvergne ''région'' of southern France. Population (1999): 2,834.
Primarily a Huguenot town, it became a haven for Jews fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.
With the leadership of a local minister André Trocmé and his wife, Magda Trocmé, beginning in 1942, the citizens of Chambon-sur-Lignon risked their lives to hide Jews who were being rounded up by the Nazi SS for shipment to the death camps. They were hidden in private homes, on farms in the area, as well as in public institutions. Whenever the Nazi patrols came searching, they were hidden in the countryside. After the war, one of the villagers recalled: "As soon as the soldiers left, we would go into the forest and sing a song. When they heard that song, the Jews knew it was safe to come home."
In addition to providing shelter, the citizens of the town obtained forged identification and ration cards for Jews to use and then helped them cross the border to the safety of neutral Switzerland. Some of the residents were arrested by the Gestapo such as Rev. Trocmé's cousin, Daniel Trocmé, who was sent to Maidanek concentration camp where he was killed.
It is estimated that the people of Chambon-sur-Lignon saved between 3,000-5,000 Jews from certain death. In 1990, for their humanitarianism and bravery under extreme danger, the entire town was recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations" by the government of Israel. A small garden and plaque on the grounds of Israel's Yad Vashem memorial to the Holocaust was dedicated to the people of Chambon-sur-Lignon. In 2004 French President Jacques Chirac officially recognized the heroism of the town, and in January of 2007 they were honored along with the other French Righteous Among the Nations in a ceremony at the Panthéon in Paris,. [1]
The town of Chambon-sur-Lignon is home to the Collège Lycée International Cévenol, a private boarding school founded in 1938 by local Protestant ministers André Trocmé and Edouard Theis.
★ Fislisbach, Switzerland
1. Jacques Chirac Honors French World War II Saviors, European Jewish Congress, April 11, 2007.
★ Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There, , Philip P, Hallie, Harper & Row, 1979, ISBN 0-06-011701-X
★ Aired in the USA by the PBS.
★ Greater Than Angels, , Carol, Matas, Simon & Schuster, 1998 April 1, ISBN 0-689-81353-8 A book for youngsters.
★ Monument to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon at Yad Vashem site.
★
★ College-Lycee International Cevenol
Primarily a Huguenot town, it became a haven for Jews fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.
With the leadership of a local minister André Trocmé and his wife, Magda Trocmé, beginning in 1942, the citizens of Chambon-sur-Lignon risked their lives to hide Jews who were being rounded up by the Nazi SS for shipment to the death camps. They were hidden in private homes, on farms in the area, as well as in public institutions. Whenever the Nazi patrols came searching, they were hidden in the countryside. After the war, one of the villagers recalled: "As soon as the soldiers left, we would go into the forest and sing a song. When they heard that song, the Jews knew it was safe to come home."
In addition to providing shelter, the citizens of the town obtained forged identification and ration cards for Jews to use and then helped them cross the border to the safety of neutral Switzerland. Some of the residents were arrested by the Gestapo such as Rev. Trocmé's cousin, Daniel Trocmé, who was sent to Maidanek concentration camp where he was killed.
It is estimated that the people of Chambon-sur-Lignon saved between 3,000-5,000 Jews from certain death. In 1990, for their humanitarianism and bravery under extreme danger, the entire town was recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations" by the government of Israel. A small garden and plaque on the grounds of Israel's Yad Vashem memorial to the Holocaust was dedicated to the people of Chambon-sur-Lignon. In 2004 French President Jacques Chirac officially recognized the heroism of the town, and in January of 2007 they were honored along with the other French Righteous Among the Nations in a ceremony at the Panthéon in Paris,. [1]
The town of Chambon-sur-Lignon is home to the Collège Lycée International Cévenol, a private boarding school founded in 1938 by local Protestant ministers André Trocmé and Edouard Theis.
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| Twin towns |
| References |
| External links |
Twin towns
★ Fislisbach, Switzerland
References
1. Jacques Chirac Honors French World War II Saviors, European Jewish Congress, April 11, 2007.
★ Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There, , Philip P, Hallie, Harper & Row, 1979, ISBN 0-06-011701-X
★ Aired in the USA by the PBS.
★ Greater Than Angels, , Carol, Matas, Simon & Schuster, 1998 April 1, ISBN 0-689-81353-8 A book for youngsters.
External links
★ Monument to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon at Yad Vashem site.
★
★ College-Lycee International Cevenol
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