André Trocmé Author

André Trocmé (1901–1971) is best known for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis during World War II, for which he and his wife, Magda Trocmé, were named “Righteous among the Nations” by the Holocaust remembrance center Yad Vashem. As Protestant pastor of the village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, he organized a rescue network to hide Jewish refugees. His bold deeds were rooted in his understanding of Jesus’ way of nonviolence and his work as a pastor. After World War II, André Trocmé became a leading voice for pacifism and reconciliation, working for conflict resolution in Algeria and Morocco and serving as European secretary of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation for twelve years. He wrote two books, published in English as The Politics of Repentance and Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution. Patrick Cabanel, a professor at École Pratique des Hautes Études, is a French historian specializing in the history of religious minorities and French resistance to the Holocaust. Patrick Henry is professor emeritus of philosophy and literature at Whitman College. He is the author of five books. Mary Anne O’Neil is professor emerita of French, Spanish, and world literature at Whitman College.