During World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangersâmostly childrenâas they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?
In a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Was this a fluke of history, or something more? Anthropologist Maggie Paxson, certainties shaken by years of studying strife, arrives on the Plateau to explore this phenomenon: What are the traits that make a group choose selflessness?
In this beautiful, wind-blown place, Paxson discovers a tradition of offering refuge that dates back centuries. But it is the story of a distant relative that provides the beacon for which she has been searching. Restless and idealistic, Daniel Trocmé had found a life of meaning and purposeâor it found himâsheltering a group of children on the Plateau, until the Holocaust came for him, too. Paxson's journey into past and present turns up new answers, new questions, and a renewed faith in the possibilities for us all, in an age when global conflict has set millions adrift. Riveting, multilayered, and intensely personal, The Plateau is a deeply inspiring journey into the central conundrum of our time.
Categories:
- Science & Math
- Behavioral Sciences
- Anthropology
- Behavioral Sciences
Publisher : Riverhead Books
Author : Paxson, Maggie
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2019-08-13
Number Of Pages : 358
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1594634750
ISBN-13 : 9781594634758
Item weight : 1.25 lb
Dimensions : 1.26 in x 6.38 in x 9.29 in
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