Lieu de mémoire au Chambon-Lignon

Description:

The story of a Nazi-occupied Protestant community of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in south-central France, and the plateau of Vivarais-Lignon, where thousands of Jewish children were welcomed, hidden and saved from the Holocaust during the Second World War. Includes a brief history of the Protestant reformation in the region.

subjects: Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust,  Biography,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  World War, 1939-1945,  Jews,  Rescue,  Underground movements,  Protestants,  History

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