Andreé's war : how one young woman outwitted the Nazis

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In a true story of bravery and courage in occupied Paris, the tale of Andrée Griotteray’s work as an underground intelligence courier is shared by her daughter Andrée Griotteray was only 19 when the Germans invaded France. Just another young teenager, in search of fun and frivolity, she suddenly found herself living in an occupied city, forced to work alongside the men who had invaded her country. Unable to stand by and do nothing, her younger...

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France History German occupation, 1940-1945

Griotteray, Andreé

World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France

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ISBN:

9781783960248
1783960248

Description:

xvii, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Introduction
1. An Acknowledgement
2. The Making of a Resistance Fighter
3. War!
4. The Evacuation of Paris
5. Life Under Occupation
6. A First Rebellion
7. A Life Lived Well
8. Fighting Back
9. Working Amidst the Enemy
10. Taking Risks
11. A Dangerous Affair
12. The Birth of Orion
13. Courage
14. Imperilled
15. The Allied Landings in North Africa
16. Arrest
17. Escape
18. Illness
19. Betrayal
20. Secret Agent
21. Gold
22. The Cyanide Option
23. The Brothel
24. The Arrest
25. The Cat with Nine Lives
26. Liberation!
27. Life After Liberation
28. A Just Reward
Epilogue
Intelligence Gathering in France
A Note on the French Resistance
Bibliography and Sources
Notes
Acknowledgements
Index

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1359386

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