Author : Jean-Marie Borzeix
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857728334
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Book Synopsis One Day in France by : Jean-Marie Borzeix
Download or read book One Day in France written by Jean-Marie Borzeix and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April 6, 1944. A detachment of German soldiers arrive in a rural French town, hunting down resistance fighters, many of whom are hiding in the region. More than sixty years later, the villagers clearly remember the day when four peasants from a nearby village were taken hostage and shot as an example to others. But do they remember the whole story? Jean-Marie Borzeix sets out to investigate the events of Holy Thursday 1944, and to reveal the hidden truths of that fateful day. He uncovers the story of a mysterious 'fifth man' shot alongside the resisters and eventually unravels a trail which leads him to Paris, Israel and into the darkest corners of the Holocaust in France. A captivating story, the events of this day in a small, entirely typical, town illuminate the true impact of World War II in France.