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100 1 $aAlbert-Lake, Virginia d',$d1910-1997.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95043101
245 13 $aAn American heroine in the French Resistance :$bthe diary and memoir of Virginia d'Albert-Lake /$cedited, with an introduction, by Judy Barrett Litoff.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFordham University Press,$c2006.
300 $axxxviii, 270 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aWorld War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension,$x1541-0293 ;$vno. 9
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-266) and index.
520 1 $a"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 stereotypes, Virginia put her life in jeopardy as she sheltered downed airmen. Her refusal to reveal secrets while a prisoner of war saved many lives, and when Free French and Allied forces finally liberated her in 1945, she weighed 76 pounds, 50 pounds under her normal weight." "After the war, Virginia stayed in France with Philippe, receiving awards from the governments of France, Belgium, Great Britain, and the United States, including the Croix de Guerre, Legion d'Honneur, and Medal of Honor. She died at the age of 87 in 1997." "Judy Barrett Litoff brings together two rare documents in this unique book - Virginia's diary of wartime France until her capture in 1944 and her prison memoir, written immediately after the war."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aAlbert-Lake, Virginia d',$d1910-1997.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95043101
610 20 $aRavensbrück (Concentration camp)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96068008
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, German.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148474
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113356
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements$zFrance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010002506
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zGermany$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109311
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109067
651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yGerman occupation, 1940-1945.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051418
700 1 $aLitoff, Judy Barrett.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85038053
830 0 $aWorld War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension ;$v9.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002035922
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034897.html
852 00 $bbar,stor$hD805.5.R38$iA43 2006
852 00 $bmil$hD805.5.R38$iA43 2006