A beautiful lesson in humanity and charity. Our era should draw more inspiration from the sense of caring for others. Julien opposes the summary executions of the Romani people. His network of supporters, it is 1943, condemns him, but he is saved several times, always by foreigners, and he ends up in the STO in Germany.
This dark period in our history when the Vichy government went beyond betrayal by handing over the vital forces of France to the enemy. We follow Julien, his friends caught in the same plight, and finally, an Italian to whom he gave his last crust of bread, a man with a soul as noble as his, leads him to salvation, an escape from this factory where there are no longer human beings, only slaves at the service of the army of crime. Julien finds himself in Saint Etienne after the war, and he brings his Italian friend over. It’s the mine with its stories of men, solidarity, and friendships.
Angelo saves Maurice, a man blinded by hatred. A beautiful lesson, a novel to read and spread. The foreigner is not the one to blame, is not the enemy, but on the contrary, our friend. La Tourmente, to be devoured and pondered. A homily against racism, a thesis against the rejection of others.
Thierry Jan
