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- The Children of Chabannes. When all around them turned to hate, the people of one small village turned to their hearts. “It’s not about the mystery of evil; it’s about an equally awesome subject. the mystery of good.” – Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic. “One of the most heartening Holocaust films ever made.” – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times.
16 de jun. de 1999 · Returning to the forgotten corner of France with her father and uncle (two of the saved children), filmmaker Lisa Gossels and co-director Dean Wetherell movingly recreated the joys and fears of daily life in Chabannes during the war.
A magical World War II tale of resilience and love, THE CHILDREN OF CHABANNES reveals the untold story of how the people in a tiny village in unoccupied France chose action over indifference to save the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children.
“The Children of Chabannes” is the story of how the people of Chabannes, a tiny village in unoccupied France, chose action over indifference and saved the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children during World War II.
This documentary chronicles the extraordinary efforts of the staff at a remote French school, which sheltered hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis during...
16 de jun. de 1999 · From 1939 to 1942, in the village of Chabannes in central France, more than 400 Jewish children were hidden, schooled, and ultimately saved through the heroic efforts of the school's director and teachers and of Jewish rescue organizations that first got the children there, and then, as war closed around them, got all but a handful ...
A magical World War II tale of courage, resilience and love, The Children of Chabannes reveals the untold story of how the people in a tiny village in unoccupied France chose action over indifference to save the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children.
