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Acknowledgments vii
Editor's Note ix
Introduction: Women and the French Resistance: The Story of Virginia d'Albert-Lake Judy Barrett Litoff xi
Remembering My Mother Patrick d'Albert-Lake xxxv
The Diary, October 11, 1939-April 1944
Outbreak of War to the Fall of France, October 11, 1939-June 23, 1940 3
Life after the Fall of France, June 24, 1940-August 29, 1940 50
Life after the Fall of France, September 1940-April 1944 75
The Memoir, "My Story"
Working for Comet Escape Line and Arrest, Fall 1943-June 14, 1944 91
Imprisonment at Fresnes and Romainville, June 15, 1944-August 15, 1944 119
Deportation to Ravensbruck, August 15, 1944-August 22, 1944 142
Internment at Ravensbruck and Torgau, August 22, 1944-October 16, 1944 155
Internment at Konisgberg, October 16, 1944-February 2, 1945 177
Return to Ravensbruck, February 2, 1945-February 28, 1945 209
Liebenau, February 28, 1945-Late May 1945 223
Epilogue 238
Afterword Jim Calio 242
Appendixes 247
Further Reading 265
Index 267
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Posted August 5, 2011
This was a great book. The details were fantastic! I loved the set up of the "footnotes", which were easily accesable as I read. I found them very informative and helpful to read as I read the book. It took a little bit longer to read but helped make the book more informative. It made it very easy to get back to the place where I was reading. The struggle that Virginia went through and her strength was amazing. She helped so many people without any selfish motives. It made me appreciate more the sacrifices that men and womem did during WWII. My life is blessed because God put these people to help rid this world of the tyranny of those years!
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Posted November 9, 2010
This is a personal account of life as a political prisoner in German Nazi encampments and is not a dry recitation of history, but rather a passionate, real and often unbelievable account of the strength of an American woman, married to a Frenchman and how she survives her ordeal guided by the love of her adopted country and her man. The writing is superb and the book a page turner. I teared many times and, as with most great books I read, I didn't want it to come to an end. Yes, I highly recommend this book.
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"Virginia d'Albert-Lake was one of thousands who risked their lives saving downed airmen along the Comet escape line which stretched from Belgium to Gibraltar. What distinguished Virginia from other resisters was that she was an American citizen who had the option to return to the safety of her native country. Yet she chose to remain in France, where her dangerous work with the Comet line nearly cost her her life." "This book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Born in Ohio and raised in Florida, Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d'Albert-Lake during a visit to France in 1936; they married soon after. In 1943, they joined the Resistance. Defying gender