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Outwitting the Gestapo Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 1994

by Lucie Aubrac (Author), Konrad Bieber (Translator), Betsy Wing (Translator),
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Lucie Aubrac (1912-2007), of Catholic and peasant background, was teaching history in a Lyon girls' school and newly married to Raymond, a Jewish engineer, when World War II broke out and divided France. The couple, living in the Vichy zone, soon joined the Resistance movement in opposition to the Nazis and their collaborators. Outwitting the Gestapo is Lucie's harrowing account of her participation in the Resistance: of the months when, though pregnant, she planned and took part in raids to free comrades—including her husband, under Nazi death sentence—from the prisons of Klaus Barbie, the infamous Butcher of Lyon. Her book is also the basis for the 1997 French movie, Lucie Aubrac, which was released in the United States in 1999.
 
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  1. Print length
    241 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Nebraska Press
  4. Publication date
    November 1, 1994
  5. Dimensions
    5.3 x 0.62 x 8.49 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0803259239
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0803259232
  8. Lexile measure
    880L
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The stirring memoir of a French Resistance member was a BOMC and a History Book Club selection in cloth.
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This is Lucie's harrowing account of her participation in the Resistance: of the months when, though pregnant, she planned and took part in raids to free comrades- including her husband, under Nazi death sentence- from the prisons of Klaus Barbie, the infamous 'Butcher of Lyon.'

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Nebraska Press; Illustrated edition (November 1, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 241 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0803259239
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0803259232
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 880L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 0.62 x 8.49 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Fred Reichenbach
5.0 out of 5 stars A great story of a women’s bravery fighting against evil.
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2022
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Well written memoir describing the lives of those in the French Resistance. It’s a read timely for our times to remind us that Evil is a permanent trait of mankind as is the bravery of those who love.
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Nenequillie
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling reading
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I really enjoyed this book. I am fascinated about life in France during WWII. I was very interested to learn more about the prevalence of the French resistance, as we are only too aware of the degree of collaboration that occurred.
This book is well written, and had me racing through it to quell the suspense. It left me in awe of the bravery that ordinary people can muster in the time of terrible peril,
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Pacific Coast Dweller
4.0 out of 5 stars Liked it, but....
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013
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The translation from French to English leaves a bit to be desired. Calling your child a "kid" repeatedly in the U.S. is something of a slight. I can't imagine the author meant to refer to her child in a derogatory fashion.

Photo section...not a single picture of her husband. Why? Let alone a photo or two of her "kid."

Sometimes the book really drags, but but overall I enjoyed it. Impressive and courageous defiance shown by the author, particularly when she was pregnant. How many of us could stand up to and bamboozle the Gestapo while carrying a growing new life inside? It must have taken nerves of titanium. Well done, Lucie Aubrac!
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Kevin (Ric) Richardson
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully written biography detailing the all or every-day of spending ...
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The personal tale of one who was there and yes "Done that!". A wonderfully written biography detailing the all or every-day of spending one's time trying to outwit a smart enemy with a world of help behind them...a wonderful example of the horrors, despair and seeming hopelessness that can meld to drive one on...especially one with children and expecting another!
She takes you with her on every shadowy step, or that is how it read to me...an exciting experience indeed.
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M. Schwindt
5.0 out of 5 stars A Memoir of merit
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2014
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I love reading a serious yet engrossing memoir, in this case about a woman of the French Resistance. Most of us know of the time & some of the activities---often those of men. Here, Lucie Aubrac is not only a serious resistance figure, she's an amazing author. Her book was even more fast-paced than the subsequent film made from it! I can only compare it favorably to Irene Nemirovsky and her Suites Francaise, published after her death in Auschwitz. If you are a history who needs time off from battle maps and generals, read Aubrac's memoir.
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putt
3.0 out of 5 stars Hard book to follow
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2019
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It was not an interesting book to read... hard to follow but
I did not like it... very slow read..not my kind of book
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LeeDee
5.0 out of 5 stars Fearless Woman
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2012
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The biography of a fearless patriot in her outwitting of the Gestapo and their traitorous French stooges, will keep the nails short, the adrenalin pumping and the pages turning. Married to a Jewish engineer keeps her busy with multiple rescues from certain execution by the Nazis. That's besides teaching college classes and mothering too. She is a woman's woman and a man's man in one fantastic person. Not reading for the faint of heart! Adventure novels eat your heart out! She could shoot, and did.
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Dr. Bryan Nolan
4.0 out of 5 stars Ok novel
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It’s a good novel but not superbly thrilling
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Don E Malman
5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the best books I have read in a long time
Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2016
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This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. They should make this into a movie. She was one incredible lady.
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K. O'Connor
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly written, rivetting story by an amazingly brave woman
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2009
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I am very interested in history of the mid 20th ceentury. I don't know much about the work of the French Resistence and bought this book. Butthen I became concerned that it may be written by someone who was jumping on the bandwagon and claiming to have been active against the Nazi occupation, but in fact who had done little that was veryfiable.

Nothing could have been further from the truth. This book gives a most amzing account, not only of the author's braveness, but that of her husband and many associates. There really were some very couragous and active resisters in France.

And the book had a great personal side to it as well. As well as describing the Nazi oppression and French resistance, it gives an excellent account of life (and love and friendship) in occupied France.

A must read!
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P. Waller
5.0 out of 5 stars Read and enjoy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2013
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Books on exploits of whoever in WW2 seem to come out as if from an assembly line at regular intervals. This book originally published under a French title in 1984 then in English in 1994 seems to have taken a long time to surface.

Considering the book covers only from May 1943 to February 1944 it is still well worth a read. The good thing being at the end we are told what happened to all the characters afterwards in life. We read all these stories of these men and women and their exploits but we will never fully understand what they actually went through be they free throughout or captured and questioned but survived. But for these people there is the good chance we would all be speaking German.
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ian kingdon
4.0 out of 5 stars Outwitting the Gestapo - Lucie Aubrac
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2013
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Certainly not what expected. The written form is very convoluted and takes much concentration to proceed.

I live in France and my Wife has written a Paper regarding the Gestapo and Resistance - I should add we have a house in the Charante, and a Watermill in Sainte Suzanne, about 30 miles North of Le Mans, so the areas are absolutely steeped in history, not to mention my Wife's Father and his Brother (Code Name "Eddie").!!

I will re-read the book and may be will find more enchantment.

Thank you for asking.
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Diana
5.0 out of 5 stars They risked life for freedom
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2019
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Compelling reading. A fight for freedom. So many brave people risked and gave their life for our freedom; exciting and nerve wracking knowing that if caught their days are numbered. The hero's and heroines are the bravest of the brave.
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