Resistance : a woman's journal of struggle and defiance in occupied France
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Format
Book
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN
9781596915596 (hbk.) :, 1596915595 (hbk.)
Physical Desc
x, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Conway Public Library - Adult Section | 940.53 Hum | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9781596915596 (hbk.) :, 1596915595 (hbk.)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [358]-359) and index.
Description
A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. Agnes Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. Though she might well have weathered the oppressive regime, Humbert was stirred to action by the atrocities she witnessed. In an act of astonishing bravery, she joined forces with several colleagues to form an organized resistance--very likely the first such group to fight back against the occupation. (In fact, their newsletter, Resistance, gave the French Resistance its name.) In the throes of their struggle for freedom, the members of Humbert's group were betrayed to the Gestapo; Humbert herself was imprisoned. In immediate, electrifying detail, Humbert describes her time in prison, her deportation to Germany, where for more than two years she endured a string of brutal labor camps, and the horror of discovering that seven of her friends were executed by a firing squad. But through the direst of conditions, and ill health in the labor camps, Humbert retains hope for herself, for her friends, and for humanity. Originally published in France in 1946, the book was soon forgotten and is now translated into English for the first time.--From publisher description.
Subjects
LC Subjects
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Humbert, Agnes. -- Diaries.
Prisoners of war -- France -- Diaries.
Prisoners of war -- Germany. -- Diaries.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
Humbert, Agnes. -- Diaries.
Prisoners of war -- France -- Diaries.
Prisoners of war -- Germany. -- Diaries.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Humbert, A. (2008). Resistance: a woman's journal of struggle and defiance in occupied France (1st U.S. ed.). Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Humbert, Agnes. 2008. Resistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France. Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Humbert, Agnes. Resistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France Bloomsbury, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Humbert, Agnes. Resistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France 1st U.S. ed., Bloomsbury, 2008.
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