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An English translation of Maisie Renault's story of her nine months in the Ravensbruck concentration camp in northern Germany.
Dr. Jack Jackson was the Paris physician of Hemingway and Fitzgerald
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The first novel in the wonderful new Railway Girls series, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Ellie Dean. _____________________ 'Stunning writing [and] perfectly paced' Frost Magazine 'A story of true friendship, love, loss and trust' Candis _____________________ In February, 1922, at the western-most entrance to Victoria Station in Manchester, a massive plaque was unveiled. Beneath a vast tiled map showing the lines of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway network, a series of seven bronze panels recorded the names of the men of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War - a total of 1,460 names. In March, 1940, a group of women of varyi...
Tout a commencé chez un bouquiniste : le livre de Maisie Renault y dormait là, parmi d’autres consacrés à la Seconde Guerre mondiale — « depuis 40 ans », précisa le libraire. À sa sortie, en 1948, La Grande Misère bouleversa le jury du Grand Prix Vérité, qui distingua ce récit d’une jeune résistante rescapée du « pays de la mort ». Arrêtée par la Gestapo alors qu’elle cherchait à protéger son frère, le célèbre colonel Rémy, Maisie Renault était arrivée, un jour de 1944, à Ravensbrück, au pire moment de l’histoire du camp. Situé au cœur du Reich, il était dédié aux prisonnières politiques, mais aussi aux « détenues familiales », sœurs, femmes, m...
Book filled with art from Maisiewritessomthing's stories.
Prison Elite depicts the life of a VIP prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp system, providing a first-hand account of his mental life and coping strategies.
Germaine Tillion, Geneviève de Gaulle Anthonioz, Lucie Aubrac, and Raymond Aubrac were among a small number of French men and women who made the decision to resist early in the Occupation. In the summer of 1940, Marc Bloch analyzed the society in which he lived in order to identify and affirm allegiance to a France truly at odds with that which was taking shape in Vichy. Bloch died in the Resistance, but his life would take on new meanings in the collective memories of postwar France. Confrontation with the Aubracs’ account of their refusal to accept the unacceptable became another important way the French engaged with the Resistance and its legacy. The acts Tillion took during the French...
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