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JUST RAOUL: THE PRIVATE WAR AGAINST THE NAZIS OF RAOUL LAPORTERIE, WHO SAVED OVER 1,600 LIVES IN FRANCE by Bacque, James. (Raoul Laporterie.)
Prima, Rocklin, CA, 1992, first edition.. 192 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1559581425 Map endpapers, b&w illustrations. "In German-occupied France in 1940, only a few people refused to give up the great ideals of their country - liberty, equality, and fraternity. O. ne of these was Raoul Laporterie. Starting right after the fall of France, he supplied false documents, money, transport, and shelter to more than 1,600 people. Those rescued were chiefly Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux, but also included a covey of . n uns, some French soldiers evading prison camps, and Allied flyers fleeing captivity. He was assisted by his wife, Laure, and his daughter, Irene, his employees in his clothing stores, and all the residents of the village of Bascons, near the bor. de r between Occupied and Vichy France, where he was mayor. Risking death daily, Laporterie managed to outmaneuver and fool the Germans repeatedly. A true Christian, he loved others regardless of the consequences. Today, at age 94, he has recei. ved m a ny honours from the governments of France and Israel. This is his dramatic story." Minor edge wear, minor browning on bottom front edge. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top of spine, very light wrinkling/tiny tear at bottom of re. ar f lap -f old, minor rubbing, very minor edge wear/wrinkling. Very Good+/Very Good.
- Bookseller: Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 19098
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 1559581425
- ISBN 13: 9781559581424
- Publisher: Prima, Rocklin, CA, 1992, first edition.
- Date published: 1992
- Keywords: German-occupied France, Underground movements, Resistance, Bacons Region, Jews, Rescues, Concentration camps, Bordeaux, Charles de Gaulle, Mont-de-Marsan, Paris, Pau, Adolf Hitler, Grenade, Landes, Vichy, Vinet, Petain, Tachon, Yaeche, Toulouse, All
- Subjects:
HISTORY / Military / World War II;
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