The Spiral Shell: A French Village Reveals Its Secrets of Jewish Resistance in World War 2 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781943156924)

April 2020 will mark the 80th Anniversary of the fall of France to Nazi Germany, and the establishment of the provisional government of the Vichy state, a puppet of the Axis regime, to carry out the arrest and deportation of all Jewish civilians. In the course of her writing residency over a three-year period in the village of Auvillar, the author learns of acts of bravery and rebellion on the part of several of the Jewish families and individuals who risked their lives to save innocent refugees and children orphaned by the Holocaust, and gradually gains their trust enough for them to share the details of their harrowing experiences of rebellion and resistance. The author in turn discovers truths about her own life and Jewish heritage in America, which she now sees in the light of the bravery and selflessness of those who elected to act and not stand by idly in the face of oppression and genocide.

Author: Sandell Morse
ISBN-10: 1943156921
ISBN-13: 9781943156924
Publisher: Schaffner Press
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2020
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.70w x 1.00d