Agents for escape : inside the French Resistance, 1939-1945 / André Rougeyron ; translated by Marie-Antoinette McConnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rougeyron, André.

Standardized Title:

Agents d'evasion. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Rougeyron, André.

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French.

Escapes.

History.

Europe.

Guerrillas--France--Biography.

Guerrillas.

France.

Escapes--Europe--History--20th century.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- French.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 189 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [1996]

Summary:

"The only merit of this book - and I insist on it - is that it is true, true from beginning to end. And this, you see, is definitely something!" So writes Andre Rougeyron in the Preface of his memoir, displaying a hint of the passion that undoubtedly accounted for his heroism in France and Germany during World War II - and displaying too his own modest self-regard. His chronicle of the years spent rescuing downed Allied airmen in France and consequently enduring German labor camps remains focused throughout on others. A myriad of individuals - both named and unnamed - and their sufferings and triumphs small and large suffuse his story. His portrait of Normandy under occupation and his descriptions of life and death in the labor camps add important new information to current understanding of how French resisters and the camps operated. Equally significant and also fascinating is his evocation of people from diverse backgrounds brought together under unbearably trying circumstances.

Notes:

Originally published: Imprimerie Alenc̦onnaise, 1947.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-189).

ISBN:

0807120197

OCLC:

32780278