03740cam a2200337 4500 759571350 TxAuBib 20200225120000.0 200220s2020||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780062845719 lg. print : alk. paper $30.99 0062845713 lg. print : alk. paper $30.99 KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Rosenberg, Justus, 1921- The art of resistance [Large Type Book] : my four years in the French underground : a memoir / Justus Rosenberg. 1st HarperLuxe ed. New York, NY : HarperLuxe, 2020. v, 339 p. (large print) : ill., maps ; 23 cm. The free city of Danzig (1921-1937) -- A pogrom German-style (spring 1937) -- Preparing to leave Danzig (summer 1937) -- At the station (September 1937) -- Berlin (September 2-12, 1937) -- Paris (September 1937-September 3, 1939) -- "The phony war" (Paris, September 1939-June 1940) -- The debacle (Paris and Bayonne, June 1940) -- Toulouse (June and July 1940) -- To Marseille, in Marseille (August-September 1940) -- Over the Pyrenees (September 11-13, 1940) -- Walter Benjamin (late September 1940) -- Villa Air-Bel (November 1940-February 1941) -- Mafia (February-June 1941) -- Chagall (Spring 1941) -- Max and Peggy depart (July 1941) -- The expulsion of Fry; my mountain climbing adventure (August-December 1941) -- Grenoble (December 1941-August 26, 1942) -- Internment (August 27-29, 1942) -- Escape (September 6, 1942) -- Underground intelligence at Montmeyran (autumn 1942-March 1943) -- Manna from the skies (November 1943-May 1944) -- Last days on the farm (June 1944) -- Becoming a guerrilla (June 1944) -- Haute cuisine in the camp (June-July 1944) -- The ambush (July 1944) -- The 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion (August-October 1944) -- The Teller mine incident (October 11, 1944) -- Homecoming to Paris (December 1944-February 15, 1945) -- Granville (February 15-March 8, 1945) -- UNRRA (April 1945-October 1945) -- To America (October 1945-July 1946) -- Epilogue: what happened to... "In 1937, after witnessing a violent Nazi mob in his hometown of Danzig, sixteen-year-old Justus Rosenberg was sent by his Jewish parents to Paris. Three years later, France fell to the Nazis. Alone and in danger, Justus fled south. A chance meeting led him to Varian Fry, an American journalist in Marseille who led a clandestine network helping thousands of men and women escape. With his intimate understanding of French and German culture, and fluency in several languages, Justus became an invaluable member of Fry's operation. After the Vichy government expelled Fry from France, Justus would become an essential component of the Resistance, relying on his wits and skills to survive several close calls with death. After the Allied invasion at Normandy in 1944, Justus became a guerrilla fighter, participating in commando raids across France. At the end of World War II, Justus built a new life in America. For fifty years, he has taught literature at Bard College, shaping the inner lives of generations of students. Now he tells his own powerful saga"--Back cover. 20200225. Rosenberg, Justus 1921- Fry, Varian 1907-1967. Bard College Faculty Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France. Guerrillas France Biography. Jews, German France Biography. Jews Poland Gdańsk Biography. Holocaust survivors Biography. Biographies. RV8