from busterrll

Valuable insights on life in occupied Paris during Word war II. Huge, immense cast of characters makes for some difficult reading at times, but well worth the effort As is often the case, those who are the real heroes are those you might have heard of.

from sageness

I enjoyed the hell out of this. Beautifully researched. Parts of it brought me to tears because OMG what horrible things were done by human beings to other human beings. Other parts were just made of awesome. STRONG female component: lots of awesome women, several of whom were queer. Note that th...

from Schmerguls

5631. Americans in Paris Life and Death under Nazi Occupation, by Charles Glass (read 7 Jun 2019) This book, first published in 2009, kind of jerkkily tells of some Americans who stayed in Paris after the Nazis took over France in June 1940. The lives of persons connected with the American Librar...

from andalusiac

Amazing that the author could make such an interesting episode in history so BORING. He only followsa handful of people whos memoirs he was able to check out of the library. Unfortunately, not much happened to them during the occupation. No stories of dramatic resistance, nothing at all about the...