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An Insurrection of Kindness

Today a beautiful man died in France, and I can hardly find any information about him in English, even on the wonderful web. The man's name wasn't L'Abbe Pierre, but that is how he has been known since World War II, when he helped Jews escape the Nazis. In the winter of 1954, he called for an "Insurrection of Kindness" in France, to help homeless people and refugees. He demanded money from the French government and was denied, but within a very short time he received the amount he asked for from private donations. I heard an obituary for him today on KCRW, complete with stirring quotations, but I cannot find them anywhere on the internet tonight. If my French wasn't so rusty, I'd be translating the for you myself.

There's an inspiration in our tired world: An insurrection of kindness.

Posted by Heather McKenzie on January 22, 2007 06:55 PM | | | An Insurrection of Kindness

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The Independent has an obit. Fascinating man of whom I had never heard...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2177973.ece

Comment #1 Posted by: Tyler | January 22, 2007 07:26 PM

Another obit in today's New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/world/europe/23pierre.html

Thank you for your post. I did not know about this extraordinary person, whom the French apparently revered.

Comment #2 Posted by: Todd Miller | January 23, 2007 04:55 PM

The radio piece I heard quoted him extensively. I haven't found the majority of the text anywhere in English. There is one book at Amazon that I might pick up.

Comment #3 Posted by: heather | January 24, 2007 07:53 PM

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