Defying the Nazis in Vichy France: The Village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Thursday, March 12 at 10 a.m. at CCA Santa Fe, 1050 Old Pecos Trail
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon is a Huguenot village in the mountains of southern France. In 1990, it was honored by Yad Vashem as the first recipient of its Righteous Among the Nations award to honor gentiles who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews. This lecture will describe how the inhabitants of Le Chambon and the surrounding area saved nearly 5,000 Jews, mostly children, despite the frequent searches of houses and farms by Vichy police.
K Paul Jones received his doctorate in Modern European History from the University of Wisconsin. After a university teaching career, he retired to Santa Fe in 2005. Since then, he has regularly taught courses for Renesan, including efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust.
