A Good Place to Hide
by Peter Grose
Paperback
Rs 1119
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Request this book.| Genre: | History |
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| Language: | English |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9781857886498 |
| ISBN10: | 1857886496 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Dimensions: | 4.96 x 7.8 x 0.96 inches |
| Weight: | 269.32 g |
| Published: | April 07, 2016 |
| Edition: | 3 |
About the Book
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 5000 men, women and children, 3500 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.
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.