Name: Lest Innocent Blood be Shed
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Philip Paul Hallie

Tells of the struggle of a Protestant village in Nazi-controlled France to save Jews from persecution. Despite the obvious risks and the many sacrifices, the people of Le Chambon succeeded in hiding and transporting Jews beyond the reach of the Nazis.

The Story of the Village of Le Chambon, and how Goodness Happened There

Lest Innocent Blood be Shed

Philip P. Hallie

During the most terrible years of World War II, when inhumanity and political insanity held most of the world in their grip and the Nazi domination of Europe seemed irrevocable and unchallenged, a miraculous event took place in a small Protestant town in southern France called Le Chambon. There, quietly, peacefully, and in full view of the Vichy government and a nearby division of the Nazi SS, Le Chambon's villagers and their clergy organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from certain death.

Lest Innocent Blood be Shed The Story of the Village of Le Chambon, and how Goodness Happened There

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