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An American heroine in the French Resistance : the diary and memoir of Virginia d'Albert-Lake Cover Image

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An American heroine in the French Resistance : the diary and memoir of Virginia d'Albert-Lake

Albert-Lake, Virginia d' 1910-1997 (Author). Litoff, Judy Barrett. (Added Author).

Summary: This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman?s heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d?Albert-Lake during a visit to France in 1936; they married soon after. In 1943, they both joined the Resistance, where Virginia put her life in jeopardy as she sheltered downed airmen and later survived a Nazi prison camp. After the war, she stayed in France with Philippe, and was awarded the L�egion d?Honneur and the Medal of Honor. She died in 1997. Judy Barrett Litoff brings together two rare documents?Virginia?s diary of wartime France.

Record details

ISBN: 9780823225828
ISBN: 9780823225811
ISBN: 0823225828
ISBN: 082322581X
ISBN: 9781429478939
ISBN: 9780823247066
ISBN: 9780823225835
ISBN: 1429478934
ISBN: 0823247066
ISBN: 0823225836
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 270 pages) : illustrations.
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Computer data.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Outbreak of war to the fall of France, October 11, 1939 -- June 23, 1940 -- Life after the fall of France, June 24, 1940 -- August 29, 1940 --Life after the fall of France, September 1940 -- April 1944 -- Working for Comet escape line and arrest, Fall 1943 -- June 14, 1944 -- Imprisonment at Fresnes and Romainville, June 15, 1944 -- August 15, 1944 -- Deportation to Ravensbr�uck, August 15, 1944 -- August 22, 1944 -- Internment at Ravensbr�uck and Torgau, August 22, 1944 -- October 16, 1944 -- Internment at K�onisgberg, October 16, 1944 -- February 2, 1945 -- Return to Ravensbr�uck, February 2, 1945 -- February 28, 1945 -- Libenau, February 28, 1945 -- late May 1945.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Language Note:	English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.