A Good Place to Hide How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II
by Grose, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1605986925
- ISBN 13
- 9781605986920
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Pegasus. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2015. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 1605986925 . Date written in small letters top front free end paper ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 9.10 X 6.40 X 1.30 inches; 323 pages; "The untold story of an isolated French community that banded together to offer sanctuary and shelter to over 3,500 Jews in the throes of World War IINobody asked questions, nobody demanded money. Villagers lied, covered up, procrastinated and concealed, but most importantly they welcomed.This is the story of an isolated community in the upper reaches of the Loire Valley that conspired to save the lives of 3,500 Jews under the noses of the Germans and the soldiers of Vichy France. It is the story of a pacifist Protestant pastor who broke laws and defied orders to protect the lives of total strangers. It is the story of an eighteen-year-old Jewish boy from Nice who forged 5,000 sets of false identity papers to save other Jews and French Resistance fighters from the Nazi concentration camps. And it is the story of a community of good men and women who offered sanctuary, kindness, solidarity and hospitality to people in desperate need, knowing full well the consequences to themselves." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18124
- Title
- A Good Place to Hide How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II
- Author
- Grose, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1605986925
- ISBN 13
- 9781605986920
- Publisher
- Pegasus
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- 1605986925, Holocaust, protestant, France
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; Militaria / Holocaust;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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