Event Title
Nelly Trocmé Hewett presents "A Good Place to Hide"
Description
Nelly Trocmé Hewett spoke about the French Plateau Vivarais-Lignon and the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a place of safety and shelter for Jewish refugees during WWII. She talked about the remarkable efforts of ordinary people as described in the book A Good Place to Hide: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives During World War II by Peter Grose.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
23-9-2016 3:00 PM
End Date
23-9-2016 4:30 PM
Location
Academic West 204, Western Washington University
Genre/Form
Lectures
Geographic Coverage
Haute-Loire (France); Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French; Refuge (Humanitarian assistance)--France; Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)--History; Haute-Loire (France)--History
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Grose, Peter, 1941-
Poster
Event poster by Briana Schlemmer
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Nelly Trocmé Hewett presents "A Good Place to Hide"
Academic West 204, Western Washington University
Nelly Trocmé Hewett spoke about the French Plateau Vivarais-Lignon and the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a place of safety and shelter for Jewish refugees during WWII. She talked about the remarkable efforts of ordinary people as described in the book A Good Place to Hide: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives During World War II by Peter Grose.
Comments
This event was co-sponsored by Western Libraries in collaboration with Western Washington University’s Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity; the Department of History; the Institute for Global Engagement; and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages.