Stone Soup Leadership Institute

Courage to Care
Courage to Care
“Will you hide the Jews?” Protestant minister, Andre Trocme was asked during World War II. When he said yes, the people in his tiny village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France made a collective decision to shelter Jews and because of their courageous compassion, 5,000 were saved – one for every man, woman and child in the village. Over and over, the residents were pressured to turn them in. What gave them the courage to care and risk their own lives to save others? When asked, the people simply shrugged and said, “It was the right thing to do.”