Sisters in the Resistance: How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945Critical acclaim for Sisters in the Resistance "Often moving . . . always fascinating . . . women in the French Resistance is a key subject. Margaret Weitz has gathered personal testimonies . . . and set them in an intelligible context that helps us understand how all French people--men and women--experienced the Nazi occupation." --Robert Paxton, Mellon Professor of Social Sciences, Columbia University, and author of Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944. "Compulsive reading . . . a valuable book which vividly portrays the intricacies of resistance within France, written in an easy but serious style." --Times Literary Supplement (London). "An absolutely stunning and compelling chronicle of dauntless courage and unflagging patriotism." --Booklist. "[Margaret Collins Weitz's] well-researched, thoughtful study. . . has filled a gap in the history of World War II." --Publishers Weekly. "Balancing absorbing narrative and astute analysis, Margaret Collins Weitz has integrated the unsung achievements of women into the history of the French Resistance." --Carole Fink, Professor of History, The Ohio State University, and author of Marc Bloch: A Life in History. "Fifty years after the end of World War II, Sisters in the Resistance renders homage to the courageous women of the French Resistance. It is high time for their contributions to be fully acknowledged, and fortunate indeed that they have found such a sympathetic, scholarly, and lucid chronicler in Margaret Collins Weitz." --Marilyn Yalom, author of Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women's Memory. |
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Page 77
... became even more difficult and dangerous . One young woman left Lyon on August 6 , 1944 , and finally made it to Paris ( a 400 - mile trip ) on August 28 , completing the last stretch after cycling for three and a half days . Bicycles ...
... became even more difficult and dangerous . One young woman left Lyon on August 6 , 1944 , and finally made it to Paris ( a 400 - mile trip ) on August 28 , completing the last stretch after cycling for three and a half days . Bicycles ...
Page 94
... became ill , she left with him on the first available boat for Europe , even though she was about to give birth . That is how my mother came to be born on an English boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean . Grand- father never recovered ...
... became ill , she left with him on the first available boat for Europe , even though she was about to give birth . That is how my mother came to be born on an English boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean . Grand- father never recovered ...
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... became involved in a Resistance network through childhood friends . I did liaison , transporting packages . As a young girl in charge of two younger children , I was not under suspicion . But then I became seriously ill , so we joined ...
... became involved in a Resistance network through childhood friends . I did liaison , transporting packages . As a young girl in charge of two younger children , I was not under suspicion . But then I became seriously ill , so we joined ...
Contents
France under German Occupation | 21 |
French Women under the Vichy Regime | 44 |
Organizing Resistance in France | 58 |
Copyright | |
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