Muriel's war
Subtitle: an American heiress in the Nazi resistance
By: Sheila Isenberg
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780230615656
Subjects: Anti-Nazi movement; American Personal narratives; Americans; World War, 1939-1945; Underground movements; Biography; History
Description: "An American heiress turned resistance hero, Muriel Gardiner was an electrifying woman who impressed everyone she met with her beauty, intelligence, and powerful personality. Her adventurous life led her from Chicago's high society to a Viennese medical school, from Sigmund Freud's inner circle to the Austrian underground. Over the years, she saved countless Jews and anti-fascists, providing shelter and documents ensuring their escape. This remarkable woman's life as a legend of the Austrian Resistance was captured in the movie Julia with Vanessa Redgrave and remains an inspiration to all those who believe that one individual can change the world. Gardiner's astonishing story is told here for the first time in all its variety and unanticipated twists and turns"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chicago: Swifts and Morrises; title: Happy, for the most part; title: Roots of discovery; title: In a different voice; title: Scholars and lovers; title: Vienna: on the oedipal bed; title: Reds vs. blacks; title: Blood in the streets; title: Love in time of war; title: Clear and decided; title: In hiding, in love; title: Invasion; title: The third woman; title: America: home from the wars; title: A healing time; title: A fullness of living; title: "Are you Julia>"; title: The choice.