Inspiration
2 years ago
Abbé Pierre became famous during the extremely cold winter of 1954 in France, when homeless people were dying in the streets. Following the failure of the projected law on lodgings, he gave a well-remembered speech on Radio Luxembourg on February 1, 1954, and asked the Figaro, a conservative newspaper which, as he said, was read by “the powerful,” to publish his call:
“My friends, come help… A woman froze to death tonight at 3:00 AM, on the pavement of Sebastopol Boulevard, clutching the eviction notice which the day before had made her homeless… Each night, more than two thousand succumb to the cold, dying without food, without bread, many almost naked…
“Hear me; in the last three hours, two aid centers have been created…”
