{"product_id":"escape-through-the-pyrenees-paperback","title":"Escape Through the Pyrenees - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Koblick\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLisa Fittko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This memoir documents the fate of German expatriates, Jews, antifascists and socialists before and immediately following France's defeat in World War II. \u003ci\u003eEscape Through the Pyrenees\u003c\/i\u003e is set in a concentration camp called Gurs and in the various border checkpoints in southern France, along the coast and in the Pyrenees. Fascism is shown not to be a monopoly of any people. If the Germans excelled at it, Lisa Fittko shows, many French officials occasionally outdid them. Against a backdrop of chaos as refugees flee the Gestapo, the gap between law and any true code of honor becomes glaringly evident. Ms. Fittko and her husband, Hans, were socialists, and their commitment to sharing impelled them to risk their lives to lead refugees, including the critic Walter Benjamin, over the Pyrenees to Spain. The author takes delight in describing the people she met... \u003ci\u003eEscape Through the Pyrenees\u003c\/i\u003e, well translated from the German by David Koblick, transcends the documentary formula and captures the poetry of human character.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] worthy account of French wartime cowardice and xenophobia and of the brave souls who defied officialdom.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[T]his memoir [...] is unique in the literature of the resistance... the book truly reads as a suspense novel... The author made a valuable contribution to the literature of the persecuted in World War II.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal on World Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] gripping book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159101767743,"sku":"9798985192551","price":32.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aU3XHarRp09798985192551.webp?v=1776995367","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/escape-through-the-pyrenees-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}