Resistance: A French Woman's Journal of the War
A War, Cultural, Biography book. Brave, brave woman...what an amazing book. Love her recall, her style, and her...
A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. Agnès Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. Though she might well have weathered the oppressive regime, Humbert was stirred to action by the atrocities she witnessed. In an act of astonishing bravery, she joined forces with several colleagues to form an organized resistance—very likely the first such group to fight back against the occupation. (In fact, their newsletter, Résistance, gave the French Resistance its name.) In the throes of their struggle for freedom, the members of Humbert’s group were betrayed to the Gestapo; Humbert herself was imprisoned. In immediate, electrifying detail, Humbert describes her time in prison, her deportation to Germany, where for...
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- Pages: 370 pages
- ISBN: 9781596915596 / 1596915595
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My wife and I read this book together, I'm glad we did. This is a fine book to share with someone you love. There are many fine points of discussion to be drawn upon while passing thru the pages of this book, from Agnes' personality and fine sense of humor in the most unfunny of circumstances. Her uncanny way of figuring out how to... This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. True memoir. Translation from French. Brave, brave woman...what an amazing book. Love her recall, her style, and her humor. A recitation of horrific events told with humility and humor. So grateful for what she and others sacrificed during the Occupation.
