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...could not be concealed were sometimes guided past hostile French police and German troops through the eastern mountains to safety in Switzerland. Years later the state of Israel saluted the work of Le Chambon during "the epoch of extermination" and awarded a Medal of Righteousness to Protestant Clergyman André Trocmé, who inspired the village in its resistance to evil. The story of Le Chambon is heartening; its neglect is not. It may be, as Author Philip Hallie puts it, that altruism "lacked the glamour, the wingspread of other wartime events." Yet the tale (which is many tales...
...André Baeyens, Director
...Historian Andrée Conrad sees disastermania in sociological terms. In a recent review of 20 catastrophe books for the quarterly Book Forum, she argued that disaster writing and entertainment are safety valves for hostility toward a complicated culture. Says Conrad: "For one exhilarating and guilt-free moment, the whole teeming supermarket cart of capitalist goodies is sent hurtling down the aisle and crashes through the façade." The films, in her view, also ease the dread of death, since there is comfort in knowing that everyone almost always dies together. Concludes Conrad: "The success of disaster entertainment...
...every musician who wanted to pay tribute to the great man had been given a place on the program, we would still be listening to them now," said the organizer of a musical fête to honor Andrés Segovia, the world's most celebrated classical guitarist. The great man himself rose from the audience during intermission to accept a gold medal from the mayor of Madrid. "I have always had a great affection for this city," he joked. "But I love it even more so now." After the 3½-hour concert, the Andalusian-born Segovia...
...denounced this "shameful venture," the A.D.A.A. also called on museums to stop "making and selling pretentious reproductions." In reply, Rockefeller pointed out accurately that "I make no claims whatever for the investment value of my reproductions"-as well he might not. He went on to invoke the name of André Malraux, citing a passage in his writings that foresaw, in glowing terms, a "Museum Without Walls," by which all works of art would be diffused through reproduction as the common property of mankind, as orchestral music is disseminated through recordings. "I am surprised," Rockefeller added plaintively, "that...