| A Good Place to Hide: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II Contributor(s): Grose, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1681771241 ISBN-13: 9781681771243 Publisher: Pegasus Books OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Topical - Holocaust - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nobody 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 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. Powerful and richly told, A Good Place to Hide speaks to the goodness and courage of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grose, Peter: - Peter Grose is a former journalist and literary agent. He is also the former publisher at Secker and Warburg. A Good Place to Hide is Grose's American debut. |