The king of Nazi Paris : Henri Lafont and the French Gestapo / Christopher Othen.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Othen, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Lafont, Henri, -1944.
• Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei.
• World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France--Paris.
• Paris (France)--History--1940-1944.
• Collaborationists.
• France--Paris.

Genre:

• History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Biteback Publishing, 2020.

Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I FROM THE UNDERWORLD TO THE ABWEHR
• 1. The Man Who Loved Orchids
• 2. One Hour Behind Germany
• 3. Playing to Win
• 4. The Great Mistake
• 5. Rotting from the Head Downwards
• 6. Green Fruit
• pt. II FROM THE ABWEHR TO THE GESTAPO
• 7. The Big Score
• 8. Reverse of the Map
• 9. Night and Fog
• 10. Tout va Tres Bien, Madame la Marquise
• 11. Those Damned and Fallen
• 12. Half a Flaming Sun
• pt. III FROM THE GESTAPO TO THE SS
• 13. In the Cellars of Rue Lauriston
• 14. A North African Connection
• 15. SS Mohammed
• 16. The Comedy Is Over
• 17. La Tour de Babel
• pt. IV FROM THE SS TO THE FIRING SQUAD
• 18. Das Schloss
• 19. Picking Mushrooms
• 20. The Trial
• 21. Long Live France, Anyway
• 22. An Old Photograph of Our Youth
• 23. Ghosts of Paris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

• 9781785905469
• 1785905465

OCLC:

1151913061