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pp. 192, black and white photographs, notes, index. “In German-occupied France in 1940, a few people refused to give up the great ideals of their country – liberty, equality, fraternity. One of these was Raoul Laporterie, who immediately set to work to save the persecuted from Nazi tyranny. Starting in August, right after the fall of France, Laporterie supplied false documents, money, transport and shelter to more than 1600 people, chiefly the Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux, but including a covey of nuns, some French soldiers evading prison camps and Allied flyers fleeing captivity. Every one of Laporterie’s refugees survived, as far as he knows, and man have thanked him profusely. Among the letters of thanks carefully preserved to this day in his archives are some from Germans. It was uncovering these letters by accident that led the author to the astounding sotry of French and American atrocities against the Germans in POW camps after the war, which he revealed in his recent international best-seller, ‘Other Losses.'”
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| ISBN | 0773722947 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780773722941 | |
| Number of pages | 192 | |
| Original Title | Just Raoul : Adventures in the French Resistance | |
| Published Date | 1990 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Don Mills | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | French History | |
| Author: | James Bacque | |
| Publisher: | Stoddart Publishing |
pp. 192, black and white photographs, notes, index. “In German-occupied France in 1940, a few people refused to give up the great ideals of their country – liberty, equality, fraternity. One of these was Raoul Laporterie, who immediately set to work to save the persecuted from Nazi tyranny. Starting in August, right after the fall of France, Laporterie supplied false documents, money, transport and shelter to more than 1600 people, chiefly the Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux, but including a covey of nuns, some French soldiers evading prison camps and Allied flyers fleeing captivity. Every one of Laporterie’s refugees survived, as far as he knows, and man have thanked him profusely. Among the letters of thanks carefully preserved to this day in his archives are some from Germans. It was uncovering these letters by accident that led the author to the astounding sotry of French and American atrocities against the Germans in POW camps after the war, which he revealed in his recent international best-seller, ‘Other Losses.'”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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