by Peter Grose
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French language
Boismorand, P., Magda et André Trocmé: Figures de resistances, Les Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 2007
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Bollon, G., Le Chambon-sur-Lignon d’hier & d’aujourd’hui, Éditions Dolmazon, Le Cheylard, 1999
——Les villages sur la Montagne: Entre Ardèche et Haute-Loire, le Plateau, terre d’accueil et de refuge, Éditions Dolmazon, Le Cheylard, 2004
Bollon, G. and Flaud, A., Paroles de réfugiés, Paroles de justes, Éditions Dolmazon, Le Cheylard, 2009
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Cabanel, P., Joutard, P., Sémelin, J. and Wieviorka, A. (eds), La Montagne refuge: Accueil et sauvetage des juifs autour du Chambon-sur-Lignon, Albin Michel, Paris, 2013
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Fayol, P., Le Chambon-sur-Lignon sous l’occupation: Les résistances locales, l’aide interalliée, l’action de Virginia Hall (O.S.S.), Édition L’Harmattan, Paris, 1990
Gril-Mariotte, A. (éd.), Lieu de mémoire au Chambon/Lignon: Le Plateau, terre d’accueil et de refuge, Éditions Dolmazon, Le Cheylard, 2013
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Société d’Histoire de la Montagne, Les résistances sur le Plateau Vivarais-Lignon, 1938-1945, Témoins, témoignages et lieux de mémoire, Les oubliés de l’Histoire parlent, Éditions du Roure, Polignac, 2005
Film and television documentaries
The Nazis: A warning from history, Laurence Rees and Tilman Remme (directors), BBC TV, 1997
Shoah, Claude Lanzmann (director), Historia, Les Films Aleph, Ministère de la Culture de la République Française, 1985
The Sorrow and the Pity, Marcel Ophuls (director), Télévision Rencontre, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Télévision Suisse-Romande, 1969
Three Righteous Christians, Pierre Sauvage (director), Chambon Foundation, 2014
Weapons of the Spirit, Pierre Sauvage (director), Chambon Foundation, 1989, re-mastered 2014
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
Page numbers listed correspond to the print edition of this book. You can use your device’s search function to locate particular terms in the text.
Albrecht, Berty 111
Bach, Robert 90, 93, 96-7, 101, 109, 119, 134, 139-41, 180, 186, 196, 203, 271-2
Barbie, Klaus 112, 244, 246, 275
Barot, Madeleine 78, 149, 171, 174, 180, 274, 284, 312
Barraud, M. 117
Barraud, Gabrielle 117, 123-5, 233
Barraud, Georgette 117, 274, 312
Barraud, Manou 233, 243
Bass, Joseph 174-5, 238
Bellin, Jacques 195-6
Bernard, Pierre 204
Besson, Daniel 115
Bettex, André 28, 115
Bingham, Hiram 53, 316
Boegner, Marc 36, 38, 42, 45, 138-9, 141-3, 145, 193, 304-5, 316
Bohny, Auguste 97-8, 168, 243, 274
Bolle, Pierre 200
Bollon, Gérard 275, 310, 312, 323
Bonnissol, Jean 176, 196, 199, 202, 204, 206-7, 213, 228
Boucher, Jean xxiii
Boulet, François 177-8, 213, 311, 323
Bousquet, André 203, 248
Bousquet, René 139, 142
Braemer, Henri 52
Brémond, Arnold 19
Calvin, Jean 26, 291
Cambessédès, Catherine 33-4, 43, 83, 93, 156, 160-2, 167, 172, 280, 309-10
Camus, Albert 28, 110-11, 236, 312, 318, 322
Casalis, Roger 6, 9, 23
Chaix-Bryant, Pierre 111
Chalmers, Burns 53-4, 274
Chamberlain, Neville 32
Chapal, Pastor 164, 170-1
Charles, Sammy 126, 128, 203, 265-6
Charreyron, Paul 89
Churchill, Winston 64, 90, 179
Coblentz family 110-11
Coelle, Ernst 245-6, 249, 252-3
Cohn/Colin, M. 66-7
Curtet, Daniel xxvii, 28, 115-7, 180-1
Daladier, Edouard 32
Darcissac, Roger 28, 61, 69, 83, 87, 89, 123, 136, 138-9, 142, 148-9, 151, 187, 194, 199, 266, 268, 281, 310, 312, 318
Dauman, Anatole xxiii
Decourdemanche, Jacqueline 123, 181, 203, 236
De Felice, Marguerite 30, 81
De Gaulle, Charles 39, 41, 43-4, 75, 87, 90, 102, 107-8, 231, 256, 261, 320
De Juge, Louis 124-6
De Lattre de Tassigny, Jean 245, 255
Donadille, Marc 28, 212-3
Dreyer, Alphonse 74
Dreyfus, Madeleine 132, 209-10, Eisenhower, Dwight D. 102, 208
Estoppey, Henri 115
Eyraud, Léon 124-5, 144, 176, 191-3
Eyraud, Marc 117
Fayol, Marianne 111, 203, 238
Fayol, Pierre 28, 33, 109-13, 115, 123, 144, 146, 176, 182, 193, 198, 201-3, 220-1, 226-8, 236, 238-9, 246-7, 251-2, 255, 261-2, 281, 312, 323
Folliet, Abbé 165, 171, 319
Franck, Paul xiv-xv
Franco, General Francisco 29, 302
Frenay, Henri 111
Fry, Varian 53, 201, 284, 316
Galland, Pierre 153-4
Gibert, Suzanne 135
Glasberg, Alexandre 77, 284
Godefryd, Joseph 98
Goillot, Paul 281
Grabowska, Mlle (see Rosowsky, Mira)
Gril-Mariotte, Aziza x, 316
Gruner, Georges 115
Grünhut, Berthe 65, 260
Guillon, Charles 3-6, 9, 14, 24, 28, 30-3, 44-7, 75, 88-9, 115, 153, 161, 200, 274-5, 281, 300, 318
Hall, Virginia 28, 63-4, 70, 112-3, 214-7, 226-8, 236-7, 259-60, 281, 320, 323
Hanne, Charles xxiii-xxv, xxvii, 114, 126
Hanne, Georgette xxiii-xxiv, xxvii, 114, 126
Hanne, Marcelle xxvii, 114-5
Héritier, Emma xxviii, 126, 311
Héritier, Henri xxviii, 126, 180, 311
Hirsch, Hanne 70-2, 78-81, 91-2, 167-8, 268, 282, 309, 319
Hitler, Adolf xiii-xiv, xvi, 3, 9, 18, 22, 25, 32-3, 35, 37-9, 46, 62, 88, 93, 102-3, 107, 120, 175, 209, 212, 230, 256-7, 259, 302
Hoefert, Hilde 25, 59, 262
Hooft, Willem Visser’t 45-6,
Hugo, Victor xxii
Jeannet, Marcel 95, 115, 193
Jolivet, Abbé 165
Kassé, Elspeth 71
Kaufmann, Elizabeth 59
Kindler, Corporal 11-12
Klimovitsky, Roger 117, 126
Lamirand, Georges 93-7, 101, 140
Laval, Pierre 3, 89-90, 142-3, 319
Lebrat, Maurice 226-8
Leenhardt, Roland 28
Le Forestier, Dr Roger 28, 140-1, 149, 191, 201-2, 220, 233, 240-1, 243-4, 246, 257, 318
Lehay, Simon see Fayol, Pierre
Lewin, Jacob 148-9
Lewin, Martin 149
Lhermet, Pastor 174
Liebmann, Max 49, 70-2, 80, 91-2, 167-8, 282, 309, 317
Luther, Martin 27, 136, 289-90, 292
Mairesse, Simone 67, 74, 87, 115, 132
Mariotte, Philippe x
Martin, Jacques 18
Mautner, Dr 65-6, 262, 316
Metger, Colonel 245-6, 249-50, 253-5
Molle, Jacques 294-7
Morel, Alfred 199, 213, 232, 238
Morel, André 167
Munch, Eugène 78
Mussolini, Benito 32, 38, 199, 302, 317
Pantet, M. 78
Pelse, Elze 252-3
Pétain, Philippe xv-xvi, 39-41, 48, 62, 74-6, 89-90, 93, 107-9, 119, 138, 142, 151, 231, 318
Philip, André 41, 87, 108, 154, 256
Philip, Mireille 41, 87, 123, 154-5, 163, 171-2, 256, 266, 268, 274
Piton, Pierre 154-5, 162-3, 165-71, 282, 319
Plunne, Jean-Claude (see Rosowsky, Oscar)
Pluntz, Jean Claude xv, xviii, xxi, xxiii, xxvi-xxvii, 114, 117, 123, 126
Poivre, Noël 52
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Praly, Leopold 119-20, 148-9, 155, 178-9, 195-6, 198
Reynaud, Paul 39
Rivière, Henri 164
Roberts, Andrew 7
Rockefeller, John D. 19-20, 38
Roser, Henri 19
Rosowsky, Mira xiv, xix-xxi, xxiv-xxvii, 114-5, 260
Rosowsky, Oscar xii-xxi, xxiii-xxviii, 28, 113-5, 117, 123, 133, 144, 180-1, 191-2, 203, 205, 211, 260-1, 265, 267-8, 283, 297, 309, 312, 321-2
Rosowsky, Ruben xii-xiv, xx, xxvii
Rozier, Pierre 193
Sauvage, Pierre 78, 132, 201-2, 263, 272, 283, 309, 311, 323
Schmähling, Julius 118, 186, 229, 243, 245-53, 257, 271-2, 320
Schweitzer, Dr Albert 28, 140
Silvani, Squadron Leader 99-100
Soubie, Demoiselle xiv
Stalin, Joseph 3, 258, 302, 323
Steckler, M. 98-9, 149
Strong, Tracy 45, Tardy, Lieutenant 17
Theis, Édouard 19, 24-5, 28, 38, 41-4, 52, 76, 83, 87, 95, 99, 109, 123, 132, 136, 138-9, 143, 148, 151, 154, 167, 172-3, 182, 187, 194-5, 199-200, 202, 230, 266, 274, 276, 283-4, 304, 312, 318
Theis, Mildred 25, 284
Trocmé, André 9-25, 28, 34-5, 41, 51, 76, 78, 83, 88-9, 93, 99, 101, 109, 111, 122, 134-6, 140, 144-5, 173, 182, 187, 191-5, 199, 229, 233, 240, 242-3, 257, 266-8, 274-7, 284-5, 304, 316-7, 320
Trocmé, Daniel 78, 140, 178-9, 181-6, 188, 193, 319
Trocmé, Daniel (son of Magda and André) 21
Trocmé, Jacques 21
Trocme, Magda 20-2, 24-5, 28, 34, 59-63, 65, 67, 74, 88, 134-6, 150, 183-6, 194, 233, 242, 276-7, 285, 311, 316, 318-21
Trocmé, Jean-Pierre 185, 241-3
Trocmé, Nelly 21, 23, 59, 66-7, 84-5, 285-6, 309-10, 313, 317
Trocmé, Paul 10-11, 14
Trocmé, Paula 10
Trocmé, Pierre 10, 12
Trocmé, Robert 11
Usach, Juliette 30, 202
Van der Stricht, Paul 237
Vanel, Lieutenant-Colonel 227, 239
Williams, George 4, 32
ILLUSTRATIONS
Le Chambón village covered in snow. There is no accurate date for this picture, but it was probably taken in the winter of 1941-42. Roger Darcissac collection, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
A tourist poster from 1926 reads: ‘Protestants, take your holidays in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.’ Courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
A young André Trocmé displaying film star good looks.
Courtesy Nelly Trocmé Hewett
Magda Trocmé around the time of her marriage.
Courtesy Nelly Trocmé Hewett
André Trocmé in his French Army uniform, probably in 1922. The young pacifist is in the centre of the middle row, holding a cup. Courtesy Nelly Trocmé Hewett
Left to right: Nelly Trocmé, Marco Darcissac and Catherine Cambessédès photographed in Le Chambón in wartime.
Courtesy Catherine Cambessédès
Hanne Hirsch
Courtesy Hanne Liebmann
Charles Guillon
Courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
André and Mireille Philip. Mireille Philip moved to Le Chambón shortly after the German occupation of France in June 1942. She was an active forger and Resistance worker. André Philip, an elected deputy in the French National Assembly, joined General de Gaulle’s government-in-exile in London. Courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
One of Oscar Rosowsky’s forged identity cards, this time for himself as Jean-Claude Plunne. For puzzled readers of French, Oscar’s hair colour (’Cheveux’) is not ‘cat’ (’chat’) but ‘chestnut’ (’châtaigne’, abbreviated). Note the detailed interest in the size of his nose (’Nez’), supposedly a giveaway of Jewishness. Oscar modestly put his size as ‘moy’, short for ‘moyenne’ (medium). Courtesy Oscar Rosowsky
The Héritier barn, where Oscar Rosowsky had his forgery bureau. Oscar and Sammy Charles lived and worked behind the low white door on the left. Dr and Madame Cambessédès rented the large house across the street, beyond the white gate, and Catherine stayed there for the early part of the war. Contemporary photograph by the author
Refugees arriving by train at Le Chambón railway station. Roger Darcissac collection, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Gurs internment camp. Those who survived it remember terrible food, disease, rats, and above all, mud. Each of these small huts was supposed to accommodate 60 people. Photographer unknown
La Guespy (The Wasps Nest) was the first shelter for children ‘transferred’ from Vichy French internment camps to Le Chambón. This photograph appears to have been taken around the time La Guespy opened, in May 1941. Courtesy Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris
L’Abric (The Shelter), another of the guesthouses in Le Chambón. Archives of Contemporary History, ETH Zurich, NL August Bohny-Reiter
The children’s guest house Tante Soly sheltered 15 to 20 children at a time, mostly Jewish. German soldiers were in the habit of taking cover from the rain under the little balcony near the gate. Contemporary photograph by the author
La Maison des Roches (House of Rocks) Contemporary photograph by the author
Beau-Soleil (Lovely Sunshine) Contemporary photograph by the author
Winter on the Plateau, 1942—43. Roger Darcissac collection) courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Teachers at the New Cévenole School. Third from right, standing, Magda Trocmé, who taught Italian; fourth from right, standing, Jacqueline Decourdemanche, school secretary and active forger; fourth from right, seated, Hilde Hoefert, who taught German and has some claim to being the first Jewish refugee in the village. She arrived from Vienna in 1938 after Hitler annexed Austria. Roger Darcissac collection, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
School play at the New Cévenole School during wartime, precise date unknown. Courtesy Catherine Cambessédès
Kid’s sack race on school Sports Day. Roger Darcissac collection, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Jewish children dancing the Hora in the woods near Le Chambón. Courtesy Chambón Foundation, Los Angeles
A wartime Christmas in the Protestant Temple, Le Chambón.
Roger Darcissac, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
George Lamirand addresses the youth of Le Chambón. Note the quasi-military dress, unnecessary for a civilian minister. The uniformed figure to the right of Lamirand is Robert Bach, Prefect of the Haute-Loire. Collection Roger Darcissac, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Inside the internment camp at Saint-Paul d’Eyieaux. Left to right: Edouard Theis, Roger Darcissac, André Trocmé. Collection Roger Darcissac, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Boy Scout camp at Domino on the île d’Oléron, 1919. André Trocmé (far right) was embarrassed to find himself’wearing only a bathing suit and exposing my body to the burning sun’. Courtesy Nelly Trocmé Hewitt
Pierre Fayol Courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Pierre Piton Haute-Loire departmental archive, Pierre Piton collection
Virginia Hall Courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Julius Schmàhling as a prisoner-of-war Courtesy Lieu de Mémo
ire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
YP company of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior): ‘Y’ for Yssingeaux, ‘P’ for parachutage, a reference to the parachute drops which took place at Villelonge, near Yssingeaux. The female figure in the centre is Virginia Hall.
Collection Roger Darcissac, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Parachute drop of arms. Each canister also contained a packet of tea marked ‘Diane’, intended for Virg inia Hall. Collection Roger Darcissac, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
The wrecked train and bridge at Chamalières. As this was a single line railway, the attack effectively blocked the rail route to Saint-Etienne and Lyon.
Courtesy Éditions L’Harmattan, Paris
Surrender of German troops at Estivareilles on 22 August 1944. Private collection, courtesy Musée d’histoire du 20e siècle, Estivareilles
Liberation of Le Chambón, 3 September 1944. Troops from the Free French Army of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny receive a warm welcome as they pass through the village. Collection Roger Darcissac, courtesy Lieu de Mémoire, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
A GOOD PLACE TO HIDE
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