An American heroine in the French Resistance : the diary and memoir of Virginia d'Albert-Lake /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Albert-Lake, Virginia d', 1910-1997
Otros Autores: Litoff, Judy Barrett
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension ; 9.
Temas:
Albert-Lake, Virginia d', > 1910-1997.
Albert-Lake, Virginia d', > 1910-1997
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France.
Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Mouvements de résistance > France.
Prisonniers de guerre > Allemagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Prisoners of war
War > Underground movements
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
France
Germany
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Personal narratives > American
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Outbreak of war to the fall of France, October 11, 1939
  • June 23, 1940
  • Life after the fall of France, June 24, 1940
  • August 29, 1940
  • Life after the fall of France, September 1940
  • April 1944
  • Working for Comet escape line and arrest, Fall 1943
  • June 14, 1944
  • Imprisonment at Fresnes and Romainville, June 15, 1944
  • August 15, 1944
  • Deportation to Ravensbrück, August 15, 1944
  • August 22, 1944
  • Internment at Ravensbrück and Torgau, August 22, 1944
  • October 16, 1944
  • Internment at Könisgberg, October 16, 1944
  • February 2, 1945
  • Return to Ravensbrück, February 2, 1945
  • February 28, 1945
  • Libenau, February 28, 1945
  • late May 1945.

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