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In 1940, he rode a bicycle from Geneva to Taizé, a small town near Mâcon, about southeast of Paris.

Taizé was then in unoccupied France, just beyond the line of demarcation to the zone occupied by German troops.

For two years Brother Roger hid Jewish refugees before being forced to leave Taizé.

In 1944, he returned to Taizé to found the Community, initially a small quasi-monastic community of men living together in poverty and obedience.