| Edition |
First North American edition. |
| Description |
305 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-305). |
| Contents |
The 'Anschluss' -- Breathing again: Switzerland -- France: beloved France -- Earning the first hundred francs -- The men in berets -- The 'Drôle de Guerre' -- Paris, ghost of an enchanted city -- Paths of the Exodus -- 'Armistice' -- Paris under the German boot -- The French ... and the French -- From 'the Israelites' to 'the Jew' -- Stay of execution -- 'For examination of your situation' -- Hut 8 -- Another stay of execution -- 'Zone libre' -- Voiron -- Nine gendarmes versus five Jews -- Caserne Bizanet, Grenoble -- A toast -- Escape to Switzerland -- A telegram -- Labarde -- Blessed are the poor in spirit -- Nuns -- A glimpse through a peephole -- Music -- Eugène le Roy -- Informers -- In place of a chapter on the Resistance -- They're coming - they're not coming - they're coming! -- The morning of 6th June 1944 -- Summer -- The first step into freedom -- Carlos -- In memory of my comrades from the concentration camp at Beaune-la-Rolande -- The undeserving survivors -- Still in Labarde: but free. |
| Summary |
"A recently discovered account reveals an Austrian Jewish writer's flight, persecution and clandestine life in wartime France,"--NoveList. |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Scheyer, Moriz, 1886-1949.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Austria -- Vienna -- Personal narratives.
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Jews -- Austria -- Vienna -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Singer, P. N. (Peter N.), 1962- translator.
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| ISBN |
9780316272889 |
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0316272884 |
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