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Author Moorehead, Caroline, author.

Title Village of secrets : defying the Nazis in Vichy France / Carolin Moorehead.

Publication Info. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  940.53 MOOREHEAD    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  940.5336 MOOREHEAD    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  944.815 M787    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  944.595 MOOREHEAD    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  940.5336 MOOREHEAD    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  944 MOO    DUE 05-08-24
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 MOO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  944.595 MOOREHEAD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  944.595 M78    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.5336 MOOREHEAD    Check Shelf

Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note "Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Random House Group Ltd."--Title-page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-356) and index.
Contents Escaping. Mea culpa ; The camps of shame ; Deportation fever ; A national disgrace -- Arriving. Walking near the Lord ; A pure spirit ; On Vichy's map ; Rats in a trap ; An open pen of chickens ; A lethal year ; An unknown and unknowable oblivion ; Crossing the border ; Living on a volcano ; Whatever else we do, we must save the children ; Perfect Maquis country ; Today, I have nothing to say ; Memory wars.
Summary Relates the story of Le Cambon-sur-Lignon, a small, remote mountain village whose inhabitants banded together to save thousands from the Gestapo during World War II.
Subject Jews -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- France -- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) -- History -- 20th century.
Haute-Loire (France) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780062202475: $27.99
0062202472
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