During WW11 Le Chambon-Sur-Lignon, a small Protestant village in Southern France became a safe haven for thousands of Jews fleeing the Nazis. Pastor Andre Trocmé served as a moral compass for his neighbors. The organized rescue effort began during the winter of 1940, when Pastor Trocmé established contact with the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) My son attended a Quaker school, in Marseilles in order to assist in providing relief supplies to the 30,000 foreign Jews held in internment camps. The unity and solidarity of the local population compelled the Vichy authorities to proceed with caution in the region, since the locals made it clear they would not reveal any hidden Jews. Sometimes Vichy police officials gave the villages informal warnings before conducting searches. In 1990 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon became the first community to be honoured as Righteous Gentiles by the Yad Vashem. DO NOT USE the excuse that we could not do anything, because we were victims too. Pastor Andre Trocme, and his neighbors proved otherwise. G-d bless his memory, and his truly angel- neighbors. auschwitz.dk/Trocme.htm
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:12:07 +0000
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