The children of La Hille : eluding Nazi capture during World War II / Walter W. Reed.
- Reed, Walter W., 1924-2016
- Date:
- [2015]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2015]
Physical description
xv, 306 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm.
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Contributors
Edition
First edition.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Please Take My Children -- 2. Refuge in Belgium, 1938-1940 -- 3. Second Escape, May 14, 1940 -- 4. Life at Seyre, 1940 -- 5. The "Secours Suisse aux Enfants" and a Tough Winter -- 6. The Belgian Angels' Rescue Effort from across the Atlantic -- 7. Life at the Chateau de La Hille, 1941-1942 -- 8. Internment and Liberation -- 9. Hazardous Journeys across Well-Guarded Borders -- 10. The Noose Tightens and More Try to Escape -- 11. Hidden and Surviving in France until the End -- 12. New Faces at La Hille -- 13. Those Who Helped and Those Who Hindered -- 14. The Heroes of La Hille -- 15. After the Liberation -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: List of Twelve Who Were Deported and Murdered -- Historical Timeline -- Notes -- Index
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Subjects
- 20th century
- JewsFranceMontégut-PlantaurelHistory20th century
- Jewish children in the HolocaustFranceMontégut-PlantaurelBiography
- RefugeesHistory20th century
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)FranceMontégut-PlantaurelBiography
- World War, 1939-1945JewsRescueFrance
- Montégut-Plantaurel (France)Ethnic relations
- Hille (Montégut-Plantaurel, France)
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBFH.36.AA9Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780815634225
- 0815634226
- 9780815610588
- 0815610580