{"product_id":"2940170267057","title":"Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eA Train in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e comes the fascinating story of a French village that helped save thousands hunted by the Gestapo during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh up in the mountains of the southern Massif Central in France lie tiny, remote villages united by a long and particular history. During the Second World War, the inhabitants of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and its parishes saved thousands wanted by the Gestapo: resisters, Freemasons, communists, and, above all, Jews, many of them orphans whose parents had been deported to concentration camps. There were no informers, no denunciations, and no one broke ranks. During raids, the children would hide in the woods, their packs on their backs, waiting to hear the farmers' song that told them it was safe to return. After the war, Le Chambon became one of only two places in the world to be honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust why and how Le Chambon and its outlying villages came to save so many people has never fully been told. With unprecedented access to newly opened archives in France, Britain, and Germany, along with interviews documenting the testimony of surviving villagers, Caroline Moorehead paints an inspiring portrait of courage and determination: of what was accomplished when a small group of people banded together to oppose tyranny. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major contribution to the history of the Second World War, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, \u003cem\u003eVillage of Secrets\u003c\/em\u003e sets the record straight about the events in Chambon and pays tribute to a group of heroic individuals for whom saving others became more important than their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104869400816,"sku":"2940170267057","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170267057_p0.jpg?v=1763793953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170267057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}