Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Hallie
The true story about a little Protestant village in German occupied France who saved the lives of about 5,000 Jewish refugees most of them children. The Nazis party killed over a million children during the II World War. The village of Le Chambon was one of the safest place in Europe for children during the war years. The Le Chambon villagers and their clergy organized to save 1,000's of Jewish children and adults from the Nazi SS. This village was known for harboring Jewish refugees by the SS. and the Germans were capable of massacring a village that dared to resist their will. Under the leadership of Andre Trocme who was the soul of Le Chambon these villagers continued to do what they believed to be the right thing.
