A portrait of pacifists

Description:

"This biography tells the story of André and Magda Trocmé, two individuals who made nonviolence a way of life. During World War II, the southern French town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and its surrounding villages became a center where Jews and others in flight from Nazi roundups could be hidden or led abroad, and where children with parents in concentration camps could be nurtured and educated. The Trocmés’ courage during World War II has been well documented in books and film, yet the full arc of their lives, the impulse that led them to devote themselves to nonviolence and their extensive work in the decades following the war, has never been compiled into a full-length biography..."--Publisher description.

subjects: Rescue,  Jews,  Pacifists,  Religion,  Underground movements,  Biography,  World War, 1939-1945,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust,  History,  France, biography,  World war, 1939-1945, jews,  World war, 1939-1945, france,  World war, 1939-1945, underground movements, france,  France, history, 20th century

People: André Trocmé (1901-1971),  Magda Trocmé (1901-1996)

Places: Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France),  Le Chambon-sur-Lignon,  France

Times: 20th century