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Author:
Moorehead, Caroline.
Title:
Village of secrets : defying the Nazis in Vichy France / Caroline Moorehead.
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
374 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Jews--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)--History--20th century.
Haute-Loire (France)--History--20th century.
Jews--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)--History.
Haute-Loire (France)--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-356) and index.
Summary:
Relates the story of a remote mountain village in France called Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and how the villagers there conspired to save thousands of people from the agents of Nazi Germany during World War II, including Freemasons, communists, and Jews.
Indexed by:
Library Journal Starred, October 2014
Booklist, September 2014
New York Times, November 2014
Library Journal Starred
Booklist
New York Times
ISBN:
0062202480
9780062202482
Locations:
TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)
WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

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