Outwitting the Gestapo

Description:

Lucie Aubrac, of Catholic and peasant background, was teaching history in a Lyon girls' school and newly married to Raymond, a Jewish engineer, when World War II broke out and divided France. The couple, living in the Vichy zone, soon joined the Resistance movement in opposition to the Nazis and their collaborators. This book is Lucie's arrowing account of her participation in the Resistance: of the months when, though pregnant, she planned and took part in raids to free comrades - including her husband, under Nazi death sentence - from the prisions of Klaus Barbie, the infamous 'Butcher of Lyons.'

subjects: Diaries,  French Personal narratives,  Guerrillas,  History,  Large type books,  Personal narratives, French,  Underground movements,  World War, 1939-1945,  Germany, geheime staatspolizei,  World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, french,  France, history, german occupation, 1940-1945,  World war, 1939-1945, underground movements, france,  War Underground movements,  Verzetsacties

People: Lucie Aubrac (1912-)

Places: France

Times: German occupation, 1940-1945