Resistance: Memoirs of Occupied France

by Agnès Humbert

Paperback

Published July 6, 2009

About the author

Agnès Humbert was an art historian, ethnographer and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. She has become well known through the publication of a translation of the diary of her experiences during the War in France and in German prisons at the time of the Nazi occupation.

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Reviews

[Jonathan K · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m always fascinated why people act the way they do and Humbert’s memoirs show that it can be just a natural progression to responding to a monumental event. That is how she joined the resistance, how she survived internment and how many Germans found themselves having to become ‘paper Nazis’, it just happened. Astonishing how many women, of different nationalities, were persecuted for the most trivial of reasons and a testimony to their suffering.

[William Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

A remarkable story of a remarkable woman. A true hero of The resistance.