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Escape Through the Pyrenees - Lisa Fittko

englanti
1991-05-01
21,21 € 32,63 €

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"This memoir documents the fate of German expatriates, Jews, antifascists and socialists before and immediately following France's defeat in World War II. Escape Through the Pyrenees is set in a concentration camp called Gurs and in the various border checkpoints in southern France, along the coast and in the Pyrenees. Fascism is shown not to be a monopoly of any people. If the Germans excelled at it, Lisa ... Täydellinen kuvaus

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"This memoir documents the fate of German expatriates, Jews, antifascists and socialists before and immediately following France's defeat in World War II. Escape Through the Pyrenees is set in a concentration camp called Gurs and in the various border checkpoints in southern France, along the coast and in the Pyrenees. Fascism is shown not to be a monopoly of any people. If the Germans excelled at it, Lisa Fittko shows, many French officials occasionally outdid them. Against a backdrop of chaos as refugees flee the Gestapo, the gap between law and any true code of honor becomes glaringly evident. Ms. Fittko and her husband, Hans, were socialists, and their commitment to sharing impelled them to risk their lives to lead refugees, including the critic Walter Benjamin, over the Pyrenees to Spain. The author takes delight in describing the people she met... Escape Through the Pyrenees, well translated from the German by David Koblick, transcends the documentary formula and captures the poetry of human character." - The New York Times

"[A] worthy account of French wartime cowardice and xenophobia and of the brave souls who defied officialdom." - Publishers Weekly

"[T]his memoir [...] is unique in the literature of the resistance... the book truly reads as a suspense novel... The author made a valuable contribution to the literature of the persecuted in World War II." - International Journal on World Peace

"[A] gripping book." - The Journal of Modern History

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Kirjoittaja Lisa Fittko
Julkaisija Plunkett Lake Press
Julkaisuvuosi 1991
Kannen tyyppi Pehmeäkantinen
EAN 9798985192551
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21,21 € 32,63 €