Abstract
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon has for a long time been a symbol of the Just and remains a powerful emblem for France’s Protestants. This article examines in detail the abundant literature on the rescue of the Jews during World War II in the region, and nuances the relation between Protestantism and rescue. It underlines the variety of activities in relation to social categories, the problems raised by the notion of affinities between Jews and Protestants, and the tensions between reception and tourism. It pays particular attention to the way in which the construction of memories and the lack of contextualisation in the sources used have contributed to sustaining Protestant exceptionalism. The exaltation of Chambon, and through it, of the Just, may correspond to a contemporary nostalgia for those republican values that are contested in our time and with which France’s Protestants were closely associated.
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