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

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

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 complexi...

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Main Author: Heisey, M. J. (Mary Jane), 1955-
Other Authors: Heisey, Nancy R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2015
Subjects:
Bechtel, Elsie, > 1913-2011.
Brethren in Christ Church > Biography.
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.
Lavercantière (France) > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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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