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Ninette's war : a Jewish story of survival in 1940s France / John Jay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jay, John, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dreyfus, Ninette--Childhood and youth.
- Dreyfus, Ninette.
- Dreyfus family.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--France.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Biography.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Biography.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Holocaust survivors--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Coming of age--France--20th century.
- Coming of age.
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 338 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
- monochrome
- illustration
- map
- genealogical table
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2025.
- Summary:
- Ninette Dreyfus belonged to one of the most influential Jewish families in Paris -- second only to the Rothschilds --her parents' social circle ranging from Einstein to Colette. But all that privilege counted for nothing when the Nazis arrived; the family was high up on the list of Philippe Petain's targets. Inspired by diary entries and by conversations the author had with Ninette before she died, Ninette's War narrates the family's fall from grace alongside the creeping understanding of the Vichy government's collaboration with the Nazis. Through Ninette's eyes we witness how it all unfolded: from the anti-Semitism in the playground -- sometimes from her own teachers -- to Ninette's first crush under a false identity. Woven into the political backdrop of a nation turning inward on itself, this is the tale of a life once filled with riches becoming rootless, where friends were left behind and politicians legislated their own people out of existence -- and to their deaths -- culminating in what we now know as the Holocaust. -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781639369614
- 1639369619
- OCLC:
- 1492480244
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