The Art of Resistance. Justus Rosenberg

      

      THE ART OF RESISTANCE

       My Four Years in the French Underground

      A MEMOIR

      Justus Rosenberg

       Copyright

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2020

      Copyright © Justus Rosenberg 2020

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      Justus Rosenberg asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780008306052

      Ebook Edition © February 2020 ISBN: 9780008306038

      Version: 2020-02-10

       Dedication

       I dedicate this book to my wife, Karin Kraft, for her kind forbearance and intelligent feedback at every stage of the writing. She has literally kept me alive through these, my “post-senescent years”—and made it possible for me to write my memoirs.

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

      COPYRIGHT

      DEDICATION

      MAP OF EUROPE, 1936–1939

      MAP OF WESTERN EUROPE, 1940

      MAP OF OCCUPIED FRANCE

PROLOGUE

       Part I

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)

       Part II

       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)

       Part III

       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 13, 1946)

       EPILOGUE: WHAT HAPPENED TO …

       PICTURE SECTION

       INDEX

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       ABOUT THE AUTHOR

       ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

       EUROPE, 1936–1939

      

       WESTERN EUROPE, 1940

      

       OCCUPIED FRANCE