Christian Testimony

 *Témoignage chrétien* is a publication founded in Lyon in 1941. The main driving force behind *Les Cahiers du témoignage chrétien* is the Jesuit Pierre Chaillet, founder of *L’Amitié chrétienne*. Father de Lubac actively contributed to the journal. Pierre Chaillet was concerned about the rise of Nazism.

   Following France’s defeat, it was during a meeting with, among others, Henri Frenay—a practicing Catholic and leader of the Resistance network *Combat*— that the idea for an underground Christian publication was conceived. It was led by Catholics, who were soon joined by Protestants.

   The first issues of *Cahiers du Témoignage chrétien* were published in Lyon on November 16, 1941.

The subtitle, which is openly anti-Nazi— “France, Beware of Losing Your Soul”— speaks for itself. 14 of the 53 issues are devoted to denouncing Nazism.

Here are a few examples of the titles of these files:

– Our Struggle: December 1941

– Anti-Semites: April–May 1942

– *Les voiles se déchirent*: a notebook seized and destroyed by the police but which was ultimately published in August 1943

– Where Are We Going? A Message from Georges Bernanos, August–September 1943.

   The leaders of *Témoignage chrétien* joined forces with the OSE, the MNCR, and the Jewish section of the M.O.I. to rescue Jewish children. Thirteen issues of the publication appeared between 1941 and 1944.

   Thanks to the efforts of the leaders of Témoignage chrétien, Jews were hidden and saved.

In the postwar period, Georges Montaron continued the progressive struggle of *Témoignage chrétien*.