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A good place to hide : how one French community saved thousands of lives in World War II Book
by Grose, Peter 1941-
Book | First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. | Pegasus Books LLC, New York, NY : 2015.
  • 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
  • 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
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Grimsby 940.5336 Gro Non-fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
Seaway 940.5336 Gro Adult Non-fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Available
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This is the story of an isolated community in the upper reaches of the Loire Valley that conspired to save the lives of 3,500 Jews under the noses of the Germans and the soldiers of Vichy France. It is the story of a pacifist Protestant pastor who broke laws and defied orders to protect the lives of total strangers. It is the story of an eighteen-year-old Jewish boy from Nice who forged 5,000 sets of false identity papers to save other Jews and French Resistance fighters from the Nazi concentration camps. And it is the story of a community of good men and women who offered sanctuary, kindness, solidarity and hospitality to people in desperate need, knowing full well the consequences to themselves.
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  • ISBN: 9781605986920
  • ISBN: 1605986925
  • Physical Description: xxviii, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.print
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books LLC, 2015.
  • General Note: LSC 31.00Originally published: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2014.
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographic references and index.
  • Formatted Contents Note: Preparation. Pastors ; War ; Camps -- Refuge. Jews ; Fun ; Rebellion -- Occupation. Fresh blood ; Forgers ; Arrest ; Switzerland ; Smugglers ; Germans -- Resistance. Violence ; Invasion -- Liberation. Guns ; Victory -- Whatever happened to...? -- Appendix 1. Huguenots -- Appendix 2. The weapons of the spirit.
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