| Description |
1 online resource (645 pages) |
| Series |
World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension, No. 9 |
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World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension, No. 9
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| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Note; Introduction Women and the French Resistance: The Story of Virginia d'Albert-Lake; Remembering My Mother; Part I: The Diary, October 11, 1939-April 1944; Part Ii: The Memoir, "My Story"; Afterword; Appendixes; Further Reading; Index; Footnotes |
| Summary |
This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d'Albert-Lake during a visit to France in 1936; they married soon after. In 1943, they both joined the Resistance, where Virginia put her life in jeopardy as she sheltered downed airmen and later survived a Nazi prison camp. After the war, she stayed in France with Philippe, and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur and the Medal of Honor. She died in 1997. Judy Barrett Litoff brings together two rare documents: Virginia's diary of wartime France |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Albert-Lake, Virginia d', 1910-1997.
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Albert-Lake, Virginia d', 1910-1997
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Albert-Lake, Virginia d', 1910-1997 fast |
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Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
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| SUBJECT |
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) fast |
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Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
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Prisoners of war
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War -- Underground movements
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051418
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| Subject |
France
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Germany
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823225835 |
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0823225836 |
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