Agents for escape
inside the French Resistance, 1939-1945
by André Rougeyron
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"The only merit of this book - and I insist on it - is that it is true, true from beginning to end. And this, you see, is definitely something!" So writes Andre Rougeyron in the Preface of his memoir, displaying a hint of the passion that undoubtedly accounted for his heroism in France and Germany during World War II - and displaying too his own modest self-regard.
His chronicle of the years spent rescuing downed Allied airmen in France and consequently enduring German labor camps remains focused throughout on others. A myriad of individuals - both named and unnamed - and their sufferings and triumphs small and large suffuse his story.
- His portrait of Normandy under occupation and his descriptions of life and death in the labor camps add important new information to current understanding of how French resisters and the camps operated. Equally significant and also fascinating is his evocation of people from diverse backgrounds brought together under unbearably trying circumstances.
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Escapes, Personal narratives, French, Guerrillas, Underground movements, World War, 1939-1945, French Personal narratives, Biography, History, World war, 1939-1945, underground movements, france, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Mouvements de résistance, Évasions, Histoire, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Historical, Military, World War II, WarPeople
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Agents for escape: inside the French Resistance, 1939-1945
1996, Louisiana State University Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189).
Originally published: Imprimerie Alenc̦onnaise, 1947.
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