“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.”