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When Joseph Joffo was ten years old, his father gave him and his brother fifty francs and instructions to flee Nazi-occupied Paris and, somehow, get to the south where France was free. Previously out of print, this book is a captivating and memorable story; readers will instinctively find themselves rooting…
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This memoir by Joseph Joffo about the series of adventures--and misadventures--he and his 12-year-old brother had when they were sent alone by their parents into the (relative) safety of the Free Zone of Occupied France is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Joffo's ability to capture the childhood innocence of these brothers as well as their astonishing resourcefulness, resilience, and sangfroid is superb. The realistic picture it offers of the daily challenges and dangers of France under Nazi occupation is sobering--but also a testament to the ability of good to prevail even in the worst circumstances.
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