Author: Justus Rosenberg
Publisher: HarperLuxe
ISBN: 9780062845719
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
An unforgettable World War II memoir set in Nazi-occupied France and filled with romance and adventure: a former Eastern European Jew remembers his flight from the Holocaust and his extraordinary four years in the French underground. Justus Rosenberg, now 98, has taught literature at Bard College for the past fifty years. In 1937, as the Nazis gained control and anti-Semitism spread in the Free City of Danzig, a majority German city on the Baltic Sea, sixteen-year-old Justus Rosenberg was sent to Paris to finish his education in safety. Three years later, France fell to the Germans. Alone and in danger, penniless, and cut off from contact with his family in Poland, Justus fled south. A chance meeting led him to Varian Fry, an American journalist in Marseille helping thousands of men and women, including many artists and intellectuals--among them Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall, Andre Breton, and Max Ernst--escape the Nazis. With his German background, understanding of French culture, and fluency in several languages, including English, Justus became an invaluable member of Fry's refugee network as a spy and scout. The spry blond who looked even younger than his age flourished in the underground, handling counterfeit documents, secret passwords, black market currency, surveying escape routes, and dealing with avaricious gangsters. But when Fry was eventually forced to leave France, Gussie, as he was affectionately known, could not get out. For the next four years, Justus relied on his wits and skills to escape captivity, survive several close calls with death, and continue his fight against the Nazis, working with the French Resistance and later, becoming attached with the United States Army. At the war's end, Justus emigrated to America, and built a new life. Justus' story is a powerful saga of bravery, daring, adventure, and survival with the soul of a spy thriller. Reflecting on his past, Justus sees his life as a confluence of circumstances. As he writes, "I survived the war through a rare combination of good fortune, resourcefulness, optimism, and, most important, the kindness of many good people."
Unti Rosenberg Memoir
Author: Justus Rosenberg
Publisher: HarperLuxe
ISBN: 9780062845719
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
An unforgettable World War II memoir set in Nazi-occupied France and filled with romance and adventure: a former Eastern European Jew remembers his flight from the Holocaust and his extraordinary four years in the French underground. Justus Rosenberg, now 98, has taught literature at Bard College for the past fifty years. In 1937, as the Nazis gained control and anti-Semitism spread in the Free City of Danzig, a majority German city on the Baltic Sea, sixteen-year-old Justus Rosenberg was sent to Paris to finish his education in safety. Three years later, France fell to the Germans. Alone and in danger, penniless, and cut off from contact with his family in Poland, Justus fled south. A chance meeting led him to Varian Fry, an American journalist in Marseille helping thousands of men and women, including many artists and intellectuals--among them Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall, Andre Breton, and Max Ernst--escape the Nazis. With his German background, understanding of French culture, and fluency in several languages, including English, Justus became an invaluable member of Fry's refugee network as a spy and scout. The spry blond who looked even younger than his age flourished in the underground, handling counterfeit documents, secret passwords, black market currency, surveying escape routes, and dealing with avaricious gangsters. But when Fry was eventually forced to leave France, Gussie, as he was affectionately known, could not get out. For the next four years, Justus relied on his wits and skills to escape captivity, survive several close calls with death, and continue his fight against the Nazis, working with the French Resistance and later, becoming attached with the United States Army. At the war's end, Justus emigrated to America, and built a new life. Justus' story is a powerful saga of bravery, daring, adventure, and survival with the soul of a spy thriller. Reflecting on his past, Justus sees his life as a confluence of circumstances. As he writes, "I survived the war through a rare combination of good fortune, resourcefulness, optimism, and, most important, the kindness of many good people."
Publisher: HarperLuxe
ISBN: 9780062845719
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
An unforgettable World War II memoir set in Nazi-occupied France and filled with romance and adventure: a former Eastern European Jew remembers his flight from the Holocaust and his extraordinary four years in the French underground. Justus Rosenberg, now 98, has taught literature at Bard College for the past fifty years. In 1937, as the Nazis gained control and anti-Semitism spread in the Free City of Danzig, a majority German city on the Baltic Sea, sixteen-year-old Justus Rosenberg was sent to Paris to finish his education in safety. Three years later, France fell to the Germans. Alone and in danger, penniless, and cut off from contact with his family in Poland, Justus fled south. A chance meeting led him to Varian Fry, an American journalist in Marseille helping thousands of men and women, including many artists and intellectuals--among them Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall, Andre Breton, and Max Ernst--escape the Nazis. With his German background, understanding of French culture, and fluency in several languages, including English, Justus became an invaluable member of Fry's refugee network as a spy and scout. The spry blond who looked even younger than his age flourished in the underground, handling counterfeit documents, secret passwords, black market currency, surveying escape routes, and dealing with avaricious gangsters. But when Fry was eventually forced to leave France, Gussie, as he was affectionately known, could not get out. For the next four years, Justus relied on his wits and skills to escape captivity, survive several close calls with death, and continue his fight against the Nazis, working with the French Resistance and later, becoming attached with the United States Army. At the war's end, Justus emigrated to America, and built a new life. Justus' story is a powerful saga of bravery, daring, adventure, and survival with the soul of a spy thriller. Reflecting on his past, Justus sees his life as a confluence of circumstances. As he writes, "I survived the war through a rare combination of good fortune, resourcefulness, optimism, and, most important, the kindness of many good people."
The Brother
Author: Sam Roberts
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN: 9780375761249
Category : Trials (Espionage)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Here, at last, is the mesmerizing inside story of the Rosenberg case. Convincingly and with authority, Roberts tells a tale driven by secrets, suspense, and intense human interest. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. A "New York Times" Notable Book.
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN: 9780375761249
Category : Trials (Espionage)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Here, at last, is the mesmerizing inside story of the Rosenberg case. Convincingly and with authority, Roberts tells a tale driven by secrets, suspense, and intense human interest. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. A "New York Times" Notable Book.
The Rosenberg File
Author: Ronald Radosh
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300072051
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Reconstructs events leading up to the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on charges of espionage, features an analysis of the trial, and includes evidence that has come to light since their conviction and execution.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300072051
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Reconstructs events leading up to the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on charges of espionage, features an analysis of the trial, and includes evidence that has come to light since their conviction and execution.
The Rosenberg Letters
Author: Michael Meeropol
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113579121X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
First Published in 1994. Compiled and transcribed from 1950-1953, this book contains the letters of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg during their prison correspondence with surrounding text written and edited by one of their sons. Meeropol states their belief that a complete edition of these letters would be useful for people interested in gaining as full an understanding as possible of the Rosenbergs as human beings.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113579121X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
First Published in 1994. Compiled and transcribed from 1950-1953, this book contains the letters of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg during their prison correspondence with surrounding text written and edited by one of their sons. Meeropol states their belief that a complete edition of these letters would be useful for people interested in gaining as full an understanding as possible of the Rosenbergs as human beings.
Ethel
Author: Tema Nason
Publisher: Fontana Press
ISBN: 9780006177630
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: Fontana Press
ISBN: 9780006177630
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Author: Alvin H. Goldstein
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
ISBN: 9780882080536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
ISBN: 9780882080536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Unquiet Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Author: Alvin H. Goldstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789090010236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789090010236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
We Are Your Sons
Author: Robert Meeropol
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
We are Your Sons
Author: Robert Meeropol
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Rosenberg File
Author: Ronald Radosh
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Based on extensive research in government files, papers, unpublished memoirs, and numerous interviews this account chronicles the history of the Rosenberg spy case.
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Based on extensive research in government files, papers, unpublished memoirs, and numerous interviews this account chronicles the history of the Rosenberg spy case.