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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heisey, M. J. (Mary Jane), 1955-
Other Authors: Heisey, Nancy R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
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.
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