A Rescuer's Story: Pastor Pierre-Charles Toureille in Vichy France

by Tela Zasloff

Book Overview

This is the story of a Holocaust rescuer, Pierre Toureille, a French Protestant pastor whose efforts resulted in the rescue of hundreds of refugees, most of them Jewish. Inspired by his Huguenot heritage, Pastor Toureille participated in international Protestant church efforts to combat Nazism during the 1930s and headed a major refugee aid organization in Vichy France during World War II. After the war, Pastor Toureille was honored by the Jewish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299175006
• ISBN13: 9780299175009
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.5"