The Children of Chabannes (1999)

From 1939 to 1942 in the village of Chabannes in central France more than 400 Jewish children were hidden schooled and ultimately saved through the heroic efforts of the schools director and teachers and of Jewish rescue organizations that first got the children there and then as war closed around them got all but a handful out safely In 1996 two aged teachers and the children and their families reunite Lisa Gossels whose father and uncle were among the children records it Survivors comments photos and drawings from the war footage of the school and town and a celebration of the heroism and leadership of the schools director Felix Chevrier comprise the film