Relief work as pilgrimage : "Mademoiselle Miss Elsie" in Southern France, 1945-1948 /

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In 1945, Elsie C. Bechtel left her Ohio home for the tiny French commune of Lavercantière, where for nearly three years she cared for children displaced by the ravages of war. This book, based her diary, oral testimony, and archival research, draws on these various contexts to establish the complex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heisey, M. J. (Mary Jane), 1955-
Otros Autores: Heisey, Nancy R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Temas:
Bechtel, Elsie, > 1913-2011.
Brethren in Christ Church > Biography.
Brethren in Christ Church
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Civilian relief > France > Lavercantière.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Lavercantière.
World War, 1939-1945 > Religious aspects.
Anabaptists > Ohio > Biography.
Americans > France > Lavercantière > Biography.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > France > Lavercantière > History > 20th century.
War relief > France > Lavercantière > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect religieux.
Anabaptistes > Ohio > Biographies.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Americans
Anabaptists
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Civilian war relief
War > Religious aspects
War relief
Lavercantière (France) > History > 20th century.
Ohio
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Principal characters: Coalition members contributing to Mennonite Central Committee Children's Colony at Lavercantière and to earlier work, 1940-1948
  • Elsie Bechtel : pilgrimage and Anabaptist relief work
  • Elsie Bechtel's writings : waiting and beginnings
  • The world and the Lavercantière Refuge
  • Elsie Bechtel's writings : Lavercantière as muse
  • Travels to Lavercantière, 2006-2007.

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