Though it reads like a suspense novel, this memoir is Lisa Fittko's extraordinary story of life as an "enemy alien" in France before and after the German invasion of 1940. Escaping a French prison, Fittko and her husband found their way to the Pyrenees and, while awaiting permission to enter Spain, helped hundreds of refugees, including Walter Benjamin, escape deportation, torture, and death at the hands of the Nazis.
| ISBN: | 9780810118034 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 2002 |
| Author: | Lisa Fittko |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 221 pages |
| Series: | Jewish Lives |
| Genres: |
Social groups: religious groups and communities Autobiography: historical, political and military |
Though it reads like a suspense novel, this memoir is Lisa Fittko's extraordinary story of life as an "enemy alien" in France before and after the German invasion of 1940. Escaping a French prison, Fittko and her husband found their way to the Pyrenees and, while awaiting permission to enter Spain, helped hundreds of refugees, including Walter Benjamin, escape deportation, torture, and death at the hands of the Nazis.
Escape Through the Pyrenees features in the following genres: Social groups: religious groups and communities, Autobiography: historical, political and military
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Escape Through the Pyrenees was written by Lisa Fittko and published by Northwestern University Press
Escape Through the Pyrenees has 221 pages
Yes it is part of Jewish Lives series