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Defiant Diplomat - George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-Occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941 (Paperback)
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Defiant Diplomat - George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-Occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941 (Paperback)
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Drafted while events were fresh in his mind in 1942-1943,
Alabama-born American diplomat George Platt Waller's memoir
chronicles his war-time experience in the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg. In vivid prose, he recalls the outbreak of World War II
in September 1939, the "Phony War," the German invasion of May 10,
1940, and the Wehrmacht occupation. Intimately involved with the
political and public life of this small democratic nation, Waller
did not follow Grand Duchess Charlotte and her government into
exile. Instead, he remained as long as he could to witness and
champion the Luxembourg people, doing his best to rescue the flood
of refugees seeking visas and asylum in the United States. Waller
bitterly condemns the Nazi civilian administration, its oppressive
racial laws, and its attempts to annex the country to Germany under
the banner of Heim ins Reich. From his pivotal position as dean of
the diplomatic community, representative of the powerful United
States; and trusted confidant of leaders, executives, and citizens
alike, Waller was privy to information from a wide range of
sources: government, military, the church, the professions, the
resistance, ordinary people, and refugees. He narrates gripping
accounts of individual initiative and courage and exposes the many
official hindrances to the timely rescue of refugees. His
observations shed new light on life in Luxembourg from 1939 to
1941, when he was finally expelled from the country. The editors'
introduction places this brief but highly significant memoir in the
context of Waller's family background, education, and career,
including his dramatic return to Luxembourg at its liberation by
American troops in 1944 and his participation in the Grand Duchy's
postwar renaissance. Extensive annotations and photographs
complement the text.
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