| Not the Germans Alone: A Son's Search for the Truth of Vichy Contributor(s): Levendel, Isaac (Author), Paxton, Robert O. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0810118432 ISBN-13: 9780810118430 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: On June 5, 1944, the eve of D day, Isaac Levendel's mother left the farm in southern France, where she and her son had gone to escape the Nazis, to make a brief trip home to pick up the last of their belongings. She never returned. For more than forty years Levendel was tormented by her disappearance. Finally, in 1990, he began to look for answers. He found shocking evidence of widespread French collaboration and government collusion with the Nazis. Levendel's story is a powerful exploration of a shameful chapter in history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99019628 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.12" W x 9.11" (1.09 lbs) 341 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - French - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Family - Topical - Holocaust |
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| Publisher Description: Winner of the Prix Franco-Europ en On the eve of D-Day, Isaac Levendel's mother left her hiding place on a farm in southern France and never returned. After 40 years of silence and torment, he returned to France in 1990 determined to find out what had happened. This is the story of how, with perseverance, luck, and official help, he gained access to secret wartime documents laying bare the details of French collaboration-and the truth about his mother's fate. |