GERMAN ANTI-NAZI RESISTANCE FIGHTERS TOOK REFUGE IN THE CÉVENNES IN 1943, after Germany took over the free Zone.
In the land of shist, chalk, chestnuts and chazaus, (old deserted farms) German anti-Nazi resistance fighters found refuge in the Cévennes, shielded by a population proud of their history of hiding Huguenot rebels. Among the many Protestant pastors involved in the Resistance was young Pastor Chaptal who ‘carried a gun in one pocket, and a Bible in the other.’
‘The Bible was my weapon,’ he later said. ‘The gun was my cyanide.’
The German resistant fighters were part of La Brigade Montaigne. The name of the organisation of German resistance was called T.A. (Travail Allemand.)
Below is a survivor, Peter Gringold, who remained politically active throughout his life.
Le Galabertès, the silk factory where the German Resistance Fighters were hiding in 1943.
Notice how similar this photo is to my book cover?
I had asked the cover designer (a Hungarian who lives in Australia) for a dense forest with a small castle… Creepy, huh?
