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Escape through the Pyrenees

Lisa Fittko

4.24/5 (39 ratings)

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Though it reads like a suspense novel, this memoir is Lisa Fittko's extraordinary story of life as an "enemy alien" in France before and after the German invasion of 1940. Escaping a French prison, Fittko and her husband found their way to the Pyrenees and, while awaiting permission to enter Spain, helped hundreds of refugees, including Walter Benjamin, escape deportation, torture, and death at the hands of the Nazis.

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ISBN10:: 0810118033

ISBN13:: 9780810118034

kindle Asin:: B08MTQRM77

Escape through the Pyrenees

Lisa Fittko

4.24/5 (39 ratings)

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Though it reads like a suspense novel, this memoir is Lisa Fittko's extraordinary story of life as an "enemy alien" in France before and after the German invasion of 1940. Escaping a French prison, Fittko and her husband found their way to the Pyrenees and, while awaiting permission to enter Spain, helped hundreds of refugees, including Walter Benjamin, escape deportation, torture, and death at the hands of the Nazis.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0810118033

ISBN13:: 9780810118034

kindle Asin:: B08MTQRM77

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