Title

Postcard, "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- Le Pic du Lizieux vu des Barandons"

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.468

Object Name

Postcard, Picture

Date

4-26-1943

Files

Description

Front: Black and white photograph of a forest.Back: Message written in blue ink.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Postcard to Lyon by resident of Chambon during the years Jewish children were kept safe from Nazis. On February 23, 1943, Pastors Trochmé and Theis, along with the headmaster of the local primary school, were arrested by French police and interned near Limoges. They were eventually released, but continued rescue operations until late in the year. On June 29, 1943, Nazis raided a local school and arrested eighteen students, five of whom were identified as Jews. They were sent to Auschwitz where they were murdered. Their teacher, Daniel Trochmé, the cousin of Pastor Trochmé, was also arrested and deported to Majdanek, where he perished. Roger Le Forestier, the village physician who helped Jews obtain false documents, was arrested and shot on August 20, 1944 in Lyon on Gestapo orders.

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 5 3/4"

Keywords

Le Temple, Protestant, Temple, Le Chambon-Sur-Lignon, honor, Righteous Gentiles

Subcollection

Communities, Diplomats

Recommended Citation

"Postcard, "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- Le Pic du Lizieux vu des Barandons"" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.468.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/650