Lucie Aubrac
Subtitle: the French Resistance heroine who defied the Gestapo
By: Siân Rees
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Limited; O'Mara Books, Limited, Michael
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781782433873; 9781782433903
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Female Participation; Underground movements; World War, 1939-1945; History
Description: In May 1943, a young pregnant Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Gestapo chief. She later ambushed the prison vans in which members of the Resistance were being driven to an almost certain death. Spirited out of France by the RAF at the end of 1943, nine months pregnant, she arrived in London a heroine. In 1983, when both Aubracs had retired, Klaus Barbie was put on trial in France. He claimed that the Aubracs had become Gestapo informers in 1943 and betrayed their comrades. The French press and the couple themselves denounced this 'slander', but inconsistencies emerged in her story and led to doubts that have never quite gone away. This book tells true story of the remarkable Frenchwoman who outwitted the Gestapo.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index.