UOCUMENT RESUME ED 398 108 SO 026 356 AUTHOR Sauvage, Pierre TITLE Weapons of the Spirit, Transcript of the Feature Documentary. Bill Moyers Interviews Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage, Transcript of the P. B. S. Broadcast, and Additional Background Material. INSTITUTION Friends of Le Chambon Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. PUB DATE 89 NOTE 210p.; Accompanying two part videotape not available from EDRS. AVAILABLE FROM Friends of Le Chambon Foundation, 8033 Sunset Blvd. #784, Los Angeles, CA 90046 (classroom version videocassette with interview of filmmaker: 35 minutes, $49.95). PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) Creative Works (Literature,Drama,Fine Arts)(030) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adults; *Critical Viewing; Cultural Awareness; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrichment Activities; *Foreign Countries; Interdisciplinary Approach; Multimedia Materials; *Personal Narratives; Postsecondary Education; *Social Studies; World War II IDENTIFIERS *France (Le Chambon); French Resistance; Holocaust; Nazi Occupation of Frwrice ABSTRACT This documentary tells the wartime story of Le Chambon, a tiny Protestant village in France that defied the Nazi occupation and provided a safe haven for thousands of Jews. Using interviews, old photographs and footage, and specially declassified documents, the film [and transcript] examine the difference between being a bystander and a participant in the salvation of Jews from Nazis, and celebrates humanity's capacity for good. The transcript of the documentyry and Bill Moyers' interviews with Pierre Sauvage includes over 70 pages of background articles, interviews, maps, bibliographies, and directed discussion guidelines for the classroom. (DOE) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** 1.1Mfirch 24, 1993 (4130/92) 00 00 L.1-1 0 IP 111 Transcript of Ie feature documentary vs, V II/P Transcript of the PB5. b.roadcast and a. itiliona., 10,.k tsi t ound ma iri on ns of the 5pirit: -riends of Le Chambon, and Pierre 5auuage PERMISSION TO RtPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Eigle _ S4 LI VA6E TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) II S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (mice Educational Research and tmerovernent EDUCATI AL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) is document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to 5033 Sunset Boulevard *7E34 improve reproduction quality Los Angeles. CA 90046 Points ol view or opinions stated in this Fax:213/654-4689 document do not necessarily represent Tel.: 213/650 -1774 official OERI position or policy c Pierre Sewage and Friends tlf Le Chambon. B52 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 14 2 Weapons of the Spirit Friends ofLe Chamben .1Mann27, 1993 (4/30/92)) TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 LEI thR TO THE READER 3 WITNESSES 4 "WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT' 6 "WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT' SCREEN CREDITS 54 BILL MOYERS"TELEVISION INTRODUCTION OF "WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT" 63 "BILL MOYERS INTERVIEWS FILMMAKER PIERRE SAUVAGE" 64 "BILL MOYERS INTERVIEWS F1LMMAICER PIERRE SAUVAGE" 73 VIDEO CREDITS 73 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 74 VIDEOTAPE AND TRANSCRIPT INFORMATION 74 COMMENTS ABOUT "WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT' 74 ABOUT FRIENDS OF LE CHAMBON 74 PIERRE SAUVAGEPUBLIC SPEAKER 74 FRENCH COMMENTS ABOUT "WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT' 74 "A TIME FOR RESCUE. VARIAN FRY AND THE EMERGENCY RESCUE COMMITTEE"74 "THE OPTIMISTS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE BULGARIAN JEWS AND THEIR SURVIVAL DURING THE HOLOCAUST' 74 "AND CROWN THY GOOD: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE OF THE HOLOCAUST' 74 "YIDDISH: THE MAME-LOSHN" 74 LIFESTYLE: ARTICLE ON PIERRE SAUVAGE AND FRIENDS OF LE CHAMBON 74 DuPONT-COLUMBIA AWARDS ADDRESS BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, JAN. 30, 1992 74 INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: ARTICLE ON LE CHAMBON, OCT. 13-14, 1990 74 LOS ANGELES TIMES: ARTICLE ON LE CHAMBON, OCT. 15, 1990 74 TIME INTERNATIONAL: ARTICLE ON LE CHAMBON, NOV. 5, 1990 74 ASSOCIATED PRESS: ARTICLE ON RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, MAY 29, 1984 74 "LEARNING HOPE FROM THE HOLOCAUST," ADDRESS BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, JULY 1988 74 "TEN THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT RIGHTEOUS CONDUCT IN LE CHAMBON AND ELSEWHERE DURING THE HOLOCAUST," ARTICLE BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, FALL 1985 74 "ON BEING A CHILD OF THE HOLOCAUST," ADDRESS BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, MARCH 11, 1984 74 "JESUS AS A GOY," ARTICLE BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, SEPT. 24, 1988 74 "A MOST PERSISTENT HAVEN," ARTICLE BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, OCT. 1983 74 "WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT: A JOURNEY HOME," ARTICLE BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, MARCH 17, 1987 74 "PAIN, GUILT AND RAGE: HAVE WE MOVED BEYOND," INTRODUCTORY ItEMARKS BY PIERRE SAUVAGE, NOV. 6, 1988 74 "WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT: CLASSROOM VERSIONVIEWER'S GUIDE," ANTI- DEFAMATION LEAGUE 74 Weapons of the SpiritFriends oils Chambon (t.1Manth 27, 1993 [4/30/921)3 LETTER TO THE READER This transcript is a work in progress. Weapons of the Spirit, the film, is finished, for betteror for worse. But words have always mattered to me as much or more than pictures. This transcript will in time evolve into Weapons of the SpiritThe Book. The idea is an illustrated and annotated transcriptannotated byme and by others, perhaps including you. My model, simplistically speaking, is the Talmud: I love the idea of commentariesupon commentaries. The few rough and random footnotes included in today's edition probably donot suggest what I am still wroping towards. Another model, at least for the marketing of this transcript, is thecomputer software industry, with its periodic upgrades of programs. This is release 1.1. I welcome your feedback, your comments, your questions,your criticisms. I will not answer all of those who may writeI have still not masteredmy schedule that way. But I certainly always read all that I receive, often with extreme interest. Indeed, I will especially welcome comments bearingon specific, even ostensibly minor points. I will in fact integrate some of these comments in the future updatesthat will precede final hard- bound publication. Finally, I wish to stress that a film, of course, is not meant to be read.Its words are chosen for their effect in combination with pictures, silence, sounds, and music. Anybody reading this without having seen the film will be missing muchessential and indeed quintessential material which has not here been reduced to words,or even as yet to photographs. Moreover, the interruptions that I will providemore andmore frequent as this transcript evolves, and as yet frustratingly unmediated by artfulpage layoutwill for such a reader resemble the annoying mumbling of somebody who insistson talking to you when you're obviously trying to concentrate on something else Chances are, however, that if you've ordered the transcript,you may be interested in knowing more about how the film came to be and some of the choices and influences that brought it into being. Am I right? Most sincerely, .6tN 91.1A1_ Pierre Sauvage 4 Weapons of the Spirit/Friends of Le Chambon (1.1)4ards 27, 1993 (4/30/921) WITNESSES in order of appearance Pierre Sauvage, the filmmaker and narrator. Henri and Emma Héritier, the peasant couple who sheltered thevillage forger and other Jews, also helping the filmmaker's family. Monsieur Héritier: "Whenpeople came, if we could be of help..." Charles Gibert, the old villager who sings the local Huguenot hymnand plays the harmonica. Joseph Atlas, the young Polish Jew who felt himself sheltered bya Protestant community. Hilde and Jean Hillebrand, the German Jew marriedto a German Protestant, who remember that the villagers risked their lives. Georgette Barraud, who ran a boarding home that took inmany Jews."It happened so naturally, we can't understand the fuss." Lesley Maher, the Englishwoman who movedto Le Chambon before the war. "People who seem very ordinary can do great things if they're given the opportunity." Pastor Edouard Theis, the assistant pastor of Le Chambon duringthe war. "For the Pétain regime we had nothing but contempt." Magda Trocmé, the widow of pastor André Trocmé,pastor of Le Chambon during the war. "If we'd had an organization,we would have failed." Nelly Trocmi Hewett, the American daughter of André and MagdaTrocmé for whom the Jews were simply "part of the community and part of the school justas we were." Peter Feigl, the American businessman whoas a 14 year-old smuggled across the Swiss border photographs of his fellow refugees. Henriette and Robert Bloch, the French Jews who just couldn't imaginewhat was happening to the Jews of France. Marguerite Roussel, the Catholic woman who like the other members of thearea's Catholic minority joined actively in the rescue effort. "Wenever analyzed what we were doing.It happened by itself." Madeleine Dreyfus, the French Jewish relief worker who always succeeded inplacing Jewish children in the farmhouses of the area. Weapons of the Spirit I Friends of I. Chambon 0.1March27. 199314/30192D 5 Pastor Marc Donadille, the respectful Christianrelief worker at the Coteau Fleuri (the Flowery II11), the home for Jews rescued fromFrench internment camps. Marie Brottes, the Christian fundamentalistfor whom the Jews were the People of God. "And the Jew, truly, had fallenamong thieves." Georges Lamirand, the Vichy Ministerfor Youth who wenton an official visit to Le Chambon during the war. Pierre Fayol, the French Jew who servedas the Resistance leader in the district. Adolphe and Aline Caritey, whose homewas the headquarters of the armed resistance in Le Chambon. Roger Bonfils, whose hotelwas the headquarters of the Germans in Le Chambon. Emile Siches, whoran the Jewish boarding home for childrennext door to the German headquarters. Oskar Rosowsky, the Jewishteenager who forged false ID. for all who needed them. Paul Majola, the young shepherd whohelped in the distribution of the falsepapers. André and Ginette Weil, the Jewishcouple who met in thearea during the war. Marguerite Kohn, the Orthodox Jew whoremembers that her neighbors respected her faith.