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Heroines of Vichy France - Rescuing French Jews during the Holocaust (Hardcover)
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Heroines of Vichy France - Rescuing French Jews during the Holocaust (Hardcover)
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This book tells the largely unknown story behind the rescue
activities of several remarkable young Jewish women in Vichy France
during World War II and their role in the resistance against Nazi
and Vichy France deportation policies. Few studies of Vichy France
and the Holocaust have looked at the rescue of Jews by those
prepared to risk everything to escort them to safety in the border
regions, and even fewer have considered Jewish rescue of Jews,
specifically of Jewish children by women. This work will be
arguably the first book in which the experiences and efforts of a
number of female rescuers-all of whom knew or knew of each
other-have been brought together in a single volume, with the
object of honoring their memory and showing how the value of human
life was sustained through the Holocaust. Focusing on a number of
young Jewish women who defied the Nazis, this narrative highlights
their courage and sacrifice in their efforts to rescue Jews in
France during World War II. Additionally, it shows how these French
women responded to Nazi and Vichy France policies of deportation
through resistance activities. This is a story that will captivate
anyone with an interest in the innate goodness of human beings that
can shine even when confronted with the darkest expressions of
depravity that occurred during the Holocaust. Grounds a captivating
narrative in extensive field research conducted in France, which
focused especially on holdings at the Memorial de la Shoah (Center
of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) in Paris, the Resistance and
Deportation Center and Museum in Lyon, and the Departmental
Archives of Haute Savoie Offers compelling profiles of the
resisters and gives voice to those who were rescued in addition to
speculation as regards their respective fates after the Holocaust
Reflects the expertise of Paul Bartrop, a well-known scholar of
Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Samantha Lakin, an emerging
scholar with a track record of achievement in Genocide Studies who
has undertaken extensive research for this project while on a
Fulbright fellowship in Switzerland Appeals to a broad audience at
both public and academic libraries, with readers of World War II
history and Holocaust studies
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