Gaston's War: A True Story of a Hero of the Resistance in World War II
YAGaston's War illustrates well the fact that the European Resistance could not have existed without the support of common people, men and women, young and old. Through a diary, readers follow Gaston Vandermeersche from the age of 19 to 23, during which time he became a successful Resistance organizer, forming a network of 1500 agents covering several European countries. By the time he was 23, he had suffered two years of interrogation, torture, beatings, and solitary confinement at the hands of the Germans. Mayer illuminates a facet of World War II that is not usually covered extensively. He also drives home the point that even a young person can participate in and make a contribution to the great events of an era. Gwen Salama, Hastings High School, Alief, Tex.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.