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During the occupation of France in WWII the villages around Le Chambon-sur-Lignon pulled off an astonishing and largely unknown feat. Risking everything, they underwent a long-running battle of nerves and daring to hide 5,000 men, women and children, 3,500 of them Jews, from the Nazis and their Vichy stooges. Despite the danger, a whole community rallied together, from the pacifist pastor who defied orders to the glamorous female agent with a wooden leg, from the 18-year-old master forger to the schoolgirl who ran suitcases stuffed with money for the Resistance.
Told using first-hand testimonies of many of the survivors and face-to-face interviews conducted by the author, A Good Place to Hide is the thrilling story of ordinary people who thwarted the Nazis and sheltered strangers in desperate need.
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Peter Grose is a former journalist, foreign correspondent, literary agent at Curtis Brown and publisher at Secker & Warburg. Until recently he was chairman of ACP UK. He now lives in France. www.petergrose.net
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The Greatest Escape
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The Greatest Escape: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives from the Nazis
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Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2014
ISBN 10: 1857886267
ISBN 13: 9781857886269
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black coloured hardback book, with gilt titles running along the spine. Comes with a very nice, clean dust jacket. This book is in very good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. 324 pages all intact and nice tight binding. All pages, text and illustrations are in very good, clean, readable order. This book is a dramatic, yet virtually unknown, story of the Second World War. It remained secret for decades. It is the heroic tale of how people in an area of rural France fooled the Nazis at the height of the German occupation, saving many thousands of lives. During World War II, the villages around Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, on an isolated plateau in the upper reaches of the Loire, pulled off an astonishing feat. They saved the lives of 5000 men, women and children (including 3,500 Jews) under the noses of the Nazi occupiers and Vichy authorities. Their story features extraordinary cast of characters. They included the unswerving pacifist pastor who was awarded the Medal of the Resistance with Rosette, the highest order of that proud French military decoration: the glamorous female SOE agent with a wooden leg (which she called "Cuthbert"), who armed and organised the Resistance on the Plateau Vivarais-Lignon: the 18 year old Latvian Jewish typewriter repairman who forged 5,000 sets of fake papers, and whose only ambition was to be a doctor. : the fifteen year old school girl whose parents tried to keep her out of harm's way in Le Chambon, and who risked her life running suitcases stuffed with money for the Resistance: and the 17 year old Boy Scout who ran 20 missions escorting Jews to safety in Switzerland before joining the Resistance. The Greatest Escape is told using the first hand testimonies from many of the survivors of this remarkable period. The author Peter Grose, has drawn eyewitness accounts and face to face interviews with many of the participants in France, which is now his home. With its roots in the Huguenot history of the Plateau, the book tells of differing ideologies: pacifism versus armed resistance, an ongoing conflict. It is also a fascinating and uplifting narrative of people who offered kindness and hospitality to strangers in need, concealing them in their farmhouses, barns, attics and basements, at great risk to themselves. A brilliant read and definitely a book to understand how the human spirit is something to behold. Artikel-Nr. 1777
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The Greatest Escape: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives from the Nazis
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Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2014
ISBN 10: 1857886267
ISBN 13: 9781857886269
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The Greatest Escape: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives from the Nazis
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Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2014
ISBN 10: 1857886267
ISBN 13: 9781857886269
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