Defiant diplomat George Platt Waller : American consul in Nazi-occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941 /

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"American diplomat George Platt Waller's memoir of his experiences in Luxembourg from 1939-1941 reveals the plight of a small neutral country invaded by Nazi Germany. His vivid account of the response of Luxembourgers to war and occupation and his own efforts to help refugees offers a comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waller, George Platt, 1889-1962
Otros Autores: Fletcher, Willard Allen, Fletcher, Jean Tucker, 1923-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : Lanham, Md. : University of Delaware Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
Colección:Good Answers To Tough Questions.
Temas:
Waller, George Platt, > 1889-1962.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Luxembourg.
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Europe, Western.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Luxembourg.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire diplomatique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Réfugiés > Europe de l'Ouest.
Diplomates > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Diplomatic history.
Diplomats.
Refugees.
Luxembourg > History > German occupation, 1940-1944.
Luxembourg > Histoire > 1940-1944 (Occupation allemande)
Western Europe.
Luxembourg.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Foreword; Editors' Introduction; They Never Found A Quisling; Preface; Chapter 1. Ante-Chamber to Paradise; Chapter 2. Thunder on the Moselle; Chapter 3. The Sitz-Krieg; Chapter 4. The Evening of the Ninth of May; Chapter 5. So Fair and Foul a Day I Have Not Seen; Chapter 6. General Gullmann Calls; Chapter 7. The Diplomats Depart; Chapter 8. Belgium after the Surrender; Chapter 9. German Generals Toast the President; Chapter 10. I Become Consul; Chapter 11. A Visit from the R.A.F.; Chapter 12. Pack und Gesindel; Chapter 13. The Volksdeutsche Bewegung
  • Chapter 14. CologneChapter 15. Persecution of Luxembourg Jews; Chapter 16. The Curé of Moersdorf; Chapter 17. The Gauleiter Embarkson Education Reform; Chapter 18. Into the Dustbin with d'Gëlle Fra, the Army, and the Law; Chapter 19. It's Not So Simple-Exchanging French for German; Chapter 20. Underground Organizations; Chapter 21. The Nine O'Clock Mass; Chapter 22. Cologne Revisited; Chapter 23. The Comforter of the Afflicted; Chapter 24. In Sure and Certain Hope; Epilogue; Editors' Afterword; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors

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