A Rescuer's Story: Pastor Pierre-Charles Toureille in Vichy FranceIn telling Pierre-Charles Toureille’s story, Tela Zasloff also describes the wide-ranging network of Protestant pastors and lay people in southern French villages who participated in an aggressive rescue effort. She delves into their motivations, including their Huguenot heritage as members of a religious minority. |
Contents
1 PierreCharles Toureille 19001976 | 1 |
2 To Be a Hugenot | 9 |
3 Pierre Toureilles Early Years and the Ecumenical Movement of the 1930s | 34 |
4 The War Years an Introduction | 63 |
5 The War 19391940 | 75 |
6 The War 1941 | 106 |
7 The War 1942 | 143 |
8 The War 19431945 and After | 190 |
Epilogue | 232 |
Postwar Tributes and Awards | 239 |
Notes | 245 |
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