Megan Koreman

The Escape Line

How the Ordinary Heroes of Dutch-Paris Resisted the Nazi Occupation of Western Europe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using recently declassified archives, The Escape Line presents a gripping account of ordinary men and women who risked their lives in Nazi-occupied Western Europe to save others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 752g
• ISBN-13: 9780190662271
• ISBN-10: 0190662271
• Artikelnr.: 49282537

Autorenporträt

Megan Koreman was formerly Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University. She has spent a decade researching and writing about the Dutch-Paris escape line.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Dilemma of Civilians in Occupied Territory
Chapter One: Smuggling Refugees into Switzerland
Chapter Two: A Clandestine Mission on the Queen's Behalf
Chapter Three: Joining Forces with Expatriate Resisters in Brussels
Chapter Four: Finding Resistance Allies in Paris and Toulouse
Chapter Five: Escape from the Netherlands to Spain
Chapter Six: Catastrophe in Paris
Chapter Seven: The Gestapo Knocks in Lyon and Brussels
Chapter Eight: Hiding Fugitives in the Chaos of War
Chapter Nine: Waiting for News from the Concentration Camps
Conclusion: Dutch-Paris and the Resistance
Appendices