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Outwitting the Gestapo [Paperback]

Lucie Aubrac , Margaret Collins Weitz , Konrad Bieber , Betsy Wing
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  • Paperback: 263 pages
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; New edition edition (1 Jun 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0803259239
  • ISBN-13: 978-0803259232
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.5 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 47,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"A breathtaking account that feeds the soul as much as it satisfies the appetite for vicarious danger."--Kirkus Reviews "This book is riveting. Adventure, terror, horror, and excitement are all here; it is a feminist class as well ... full of interesting information about wartime food, clothes, schooling and manners. It is also a sturdy tale of married love, sustained and requited. The translation is so good that it reads as if it had been written in English."--Times Literary Supplement "Lively and absorbing... [Aubrac's] book interweaves the everyday experience of incredibly hard times...with Resistance activities."--London Review of Books "There is a relish for the idiosyncratic ramifications of human character that reveal themselves in crisis... As the record of a female resistante's exploits, Aubrac's account is doubly valuable. [There is] a compelling sense of immediacy as events unfold."--Washington Post Book World "An excellent historical introduction on the Resistance movement ... and an appropriately taut translation ... enhance the impact of this stirring tale of heroism, which concerns not only Resistance members but ordinary citizens, notably women."--Publishers Weekly

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'A breathtaking account that feeds the soul as much as it satisfies the appetite for vicarious danger' - "Kirkus Reviews". 'This book is riveting. Adventure, terror, horror, and excitement are all here; it is a feminist class as well...full of interesting information about wartime food, clothes, schooling and manners. It is also a sturdy tale of married love, sustained and requited. The translation is so good that it reads as if it had been written in English' - "Times Literary Supplement". 'Lively and absorbing...[Aubrac's] book interweaves the everyday experience of incredibly hard times...with Resistance activities' - "London Review of Books". 'There is a relish for the idiosyncratic ramifications of human character that reveal themselves in crisis...As the record of a female resistante's exploits, Aubrac's account is doubly valuable. [There is] a compelling sense of immediacy as events unfold' - "Washington Post Book World".'An excellent historical introduction on the Resistance movement ...and an appropriately taut translation ...enhance the impact of this stirring tale of heroism, which concerns not only Resistance members but ordinary citizens, notably women' - "Publishers Weekly". Lucie Aubrac, of Catholic and peasant background, was teaching history in a Lyon girls' school and newly married to Raymond, a Jewish engineer, when World War II broke out and divided France. The couple, living in the Vichy zone, soon joined the Resistance movement in opposition to the Nazis and their collaborators."Outwitting the Gestapo" is Lucie's harrowing account of her participation in the Resistance: of the months when, though pregnant, she planned and took part in raids to free comrades - including her husband, under Nazi death sentence - from the prisons of Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon." The translator, Konrad Bieber, is an emeritus professor of French and comparative literature at SUNY, Stony Brook, and a survivor of Nazi Terror. The introducer is Margaret Collins Weitz, professor of humanities and languages at Suffolk University in Boston.

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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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I am very interested in history of the mid 20th ceentury. I don't know much about the work of the French Resistence and bought this book. Butthen I became concerned that it may be written by someone who was jumping on the bandwagon and claiming to have been active against the Nazi occupation, but in fact who had done little that was veryfiable.

Nothing could have been further from the truth. This book gives a most amzing account, not only of the author's braveness, but that of her husband and many associates. There really were some very couragous and active resisters in France.

And the book had a great personal side to it as well. As well as describing the Nazi oppression and French resistance, it gives an excellent account of life (and love and friendship) in occupied France.

A must read!
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True Thriller of WWII 26 July 2011
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This true story of brave resistance fighters in France during World War II shows the courage and fortitude of some French people who resisted the Nazi occupation of their beloved country. I have since purchased and watched the video (French speaking with English subtitles) that is based on this book.
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An astonishing story line no fiction writier could compete with. The story of a brilliant woman who displayed immence courage, conviction and love. Her bravery in recuing her husband is oustanding. It is easy to forget how diffiuclt and dangerous it was to be an active reisitant in France WW2. A special thank you to the translators who have done a first class job in brining this book to a wider audience.
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