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A Good Place to Hide

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How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II

by Peter Grose
Publication Date: 28/05/2014
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Nobody asked questions, nobody demanded money. Villagers lied, covered up, procrastinated and concealed, but most importantly they welcomed. This is the story of an isolated community in the upper reaches of the Loire Valley that conspired to save the lives of 3500 Jews under the noses of the Germans and the soldiers of Vichy France. It is the story of a pacifist Protestant pastor who broke laws and defied orders to protect the lives of total strangers. It is the story of an eighteen-year-old Jewish boy from Nice who forged 5000 sets of false identity papers to save other Jews and French Resistance fighters from the Nazi concentration camps. And it is the story of a community of good men and women who offered sanctuary, kindness, solidarity and hospitality to people in desperate need, knowing full well the consequences to themselves. Powerful and richly told, A Good Place to Hide speaks to the goodness and courage of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

ISBN:
9781742376141
9781742376141
Category:
History: specific events & topics
Publication Date:
28-05-2014
Publisher:
ALLEN & UNWIN
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
234x153mm
Peter Grose

Peter Grose began his working life as a journalist for the Sydney Daily Mirror before becoming the first London correspondent of The Australian. He switched from journalism to literary agency, setting up Curtis Brown Australia, then the first literary agency in Australia and now the biggest.

After moving to the London office of Curtis Brown, where he continued as a literary agent, he joined the London publisher Martin Secker & Warburg as publishing director. In his 'retirement' he returned to his first love: writing.

He is the author of three best-selling history books. He is also the proud holder of British, American and Australian private pilot's licences, and has flown all over Australia, Europe and the United States in single-engined aircraft. He lives in France.

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On a plateau in France in WW2 a small community banded together to hide and help save somewhere between 3500 and 500 Jewish refugees. Peopled by fascinating characters this tells the tale of an operation of courage and bravery that only came to light in 1979.

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This true story of how the French community of Le Chambon-Sur-Lignon provided safe haven for up to 5000 Jewish refugees in WWII is both uplifting for the acts of bravery and selflessness it describes, and heart-breaking for the horror the refugees were fleeing from.
Grose delves into several key characters, including a young man who really wanted to be a doctor but due to Nazi implied restrictions went on to become an incredible forger working for the Resistance.
Featuring interviews with some of those involved it's a wonderful story of courage and humanity.

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