Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 208 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Part 1. The Valley of Legends -- Part 2. Man of Vision -- Part 3. Theater of Resistance -- Part 4. Aftermath -- Part 5. Heroes' Legacy -- Appendix A. Guide to Names and Affiliations -- Appendix B. List of Informants |
Summary |
"Of the thousands of people who escaped through the Pyrenees during World War II, at least one hundred owe their lives to a daring scheme that Belgian Charles Schepens masterminded in Mendive, a remote Basque village near the French-Spanish border. The story of this near-miraculous resistance effort, an epic undertaking carried out in full view of the Nazis, is recounted in full for the first time in The Surgeon and the Shepherd, a tale of wartime heroism as incredible as it is true." |
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"In 1942, in coordination with the Belgian resistance, Schepens stage-managed a highly secret information and evacuation service through the counterfeit operation of a backcountry lumbering enterprise. This book traces Schepen's gradual transformation from an apolitical young ophthalmologist into double agent "Jacques Perot," and his emergence in the postwar period as a modern folk hero to the residents of Mendive. Woven into the account are the stories of a remarkable international cast of characters, most notably the Basque shepherd Jean Sarochar, regarded as a local misfit, with whom Schepens formed his most unlikely partnership and an enduring friendship." |
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"Part biography, part spy tale, part cultural study, The Surgeon and the Shepherd is based on more than ten years of oral history research. The sage of a Belgian "first resister" who, by posing as a collaborator, successfully duped both the Germans and the local French Basque population, it offers a powerful and illuminating picture of moral and physical courage."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Schepens, Charles L.
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Sarochar, Jean, 1892-1975.
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SUBJECT |
Sarochar, Jean, 1892-1975
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Schepens, Charles L
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Schepens, Charles L |
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Sarochar, Jean, 1892-1975 |
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Sarochar, Jean, 1892-1975 fast |
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Schepens, Charles L. fast |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Biography
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Surgeons -- France -- Biography
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Shepherds -- France -- Biography
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History, 20th Century
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World War II
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Physicians
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General Surgery
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Shepherds
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Surgeons
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War -- Underground movements
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physicians.
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surgery (health care function)
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Flucht
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Organisation
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Geschichte 1940-1944.
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SUBJECT |
France https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005602 |
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France
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Frankreich
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Spanien
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Authors' inscriptions (Provenance)
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Authors' autographs (Provenance)
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2003012629 |
ISBN |
0803203918 |
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9780803203914 |
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