The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in Vichy France

by Meg Ostrum

Book Overview

Of the thousands of people who escaped through the Pyrenees during World War II, at least one hundred owe their lives to a daring scheme that Belgian Charles Schepens masterminded in Mendive, a remote... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803235739
• ISBN13: 9780803235731
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Th Surgeon and the Shepard

The interaction of the local French working with a brave person combined to make this story of individual bravery inspiring. The unoccupied area of France during the first part of the Second World War provided opportunity for some to resist against Nazi oppression. It took those who were willing to take risks for the benefit of others that provides the satisfaction of the read.