Château_de_Chabannes

Château de Chabannes

Château de Chabannes

French orphanage that housed Jewish refugees during the Holocaust

Château de Chabannes was an orphanage in the village of Chabannes (part of today's Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac) in Vichy France where about 400 Jewish refugee children were saved from the Holocaust by efforts of its director, Félix Chevrier and other teachers. It was operated by Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) from 1940 to 1943.[1][2]

Château de Chabannes, where 400 Jewish refugee children were hidden during the Holocaust.

It is the subject of a 1999 documentary, The Children of Chabannes, by filmmakers Lisa Gossels (whose father and uncle were among the survivors) and Dean Wetherell.

References

  1. [1]
    View of the Chabannes children's home. Photograph #99625[permanent dead link], United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  2. [2]
    Château de Chabannes at Yad Vashem website


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