City of Refuge Podcast
1) BONUS: The plateau continues to welcome refugees
After years of studying war-torn communities, anthropologist Maggie Paxson had had enough. She wanted to see what she could learn about a place that specialized in peace. A family connection to Le Cha...Show More
2) BONUS: 'The Plague' and the plateau
Albert Camus spent part of World War II living just two miles from Le Chambon, the tiny French village at the heart of a remarkable nonviolent resistance and rescue operation. Drawing inspiration from...Show More
3) BONUS: The only way out of Libya is by sea
As governments fail to meet basic humanitarian requirements, rescue organizations have had to take life-saving action on the frontlines of the European migrant crisis. In this special bonus episode of...Show More
4) Part 10: The key is never to turn away
Armies may have ultimately defeated Hitler, but nonviolent rescuers, like those in Le Chambon, were often the only people to effectively resist the Nazi’s genocidal agenda. What lessons can we carry f...Show More
5) Part 9: I cannot accept such an award
After the war, the Trocmés wrote and spoke about the rescue operation in Le Chambon often, yet the tale eluded widespread attention for decades. This is the story of the story — how the plateau’s nonv...Show More
6) Part 8: Why didn’t you destroy us?
As the war came to an end, André Trocmé took on the unpopular task of ministering to German POW soldiers and engaging in reconciliation efforts to prevent further death and destruction. Through this p...Show More
7) Part 7: These coming tests will tell us who we are
As Germany began to lose the war, France’s armed resistance movement swelled in ranks, threatening not just the Nazis but also the nonviolent spirit of Le Chambon and the refugee haven the area had be...Show More
8) Part 6: That’s it, I’m under arrest!
For the first couple years of the war, Le Chambon was able to protect itself and the refugees it was sheltering from roundups and other reprisals. But in 1943, the dangerous work of resisting Nazism f...Show More
9) Part 5: Are you hiding any Jews?
As Le Chambon’s refugee population increased, so too did unsettling visits to the community by Vichy police. Meanwhile, raids and roundups were becoming a growing threat throughout unoccupied France. ...Show More
10) Part 4: She loved me enough to let me go
Who were the refugees that came be sheltered in Le Chambon and its surrounding communities, and how did they get there? Hear from a few of the people who managed to escape persecution and imprisonment...Show More