The Paris Girl (eBook)

The Young Woman Who Outwitted the Nazis and Became a WWII Hero

Francelle Bradford White (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
256 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-4431-1 (ISBN)

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Movingly written by her own daughter, this captivating and intimate biography chronicles the astonishing courage Andree Griotteray, a teenage girl in Nazi-occupied Paris who would become a hero of the French Resistance through her harrowing work as an underground intelligence courier. For readers of Three Ordinary Girls, A Woman of No Importance, Lis Parisiennes, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line, and the many other untold stories of WWII's ';hidden figures.' Andree Griotteray was just 19 when the Germans invaded France and occupied Paris, where she worked as a clerk in the passport office. When her younger brother, Alain, created a resistance network named Orion, Andree joined his efforts, secretly typing up and printing copies of an underground newspaper, and stealing I.D. cards which allowed scores of Jewish citizens to escape persecution. Charming and pretty, Andree nimbly avoided the unwanted attentions of German officers, even as she secretly began working as an undercover courier. Displaying fearlessness in the face of immense pressure, she traveled throughout the county delivering vital intelligence destined for France's alliesuntil the day she was betrayed and arrested. Throughout her ordeal, Andree stayed composed, refusing to inform on her comrades. Before she was set free, she even duped her interrogators into revealing who had betrayed Orion, and continued her underground activities until France's liberation. Weaving in diary entries, letters, and conversations, Andree's daughter, Francelle, brings a uniquely personal slant to her mother's story. The Paris Girl reveals the narrow escapes and moments of terror, the daily acts of bravery and defiance, and the extraordinary courage displayed by Andree and so many of her contemporaries, that helped turned the tide of war.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.12.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
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• ISBN-10: 0-8065-4431-7 / 0806544317
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-4431-1 / 9780806544311