Lindell's List (eBook)

Saving British and American Women at Ravensbrück

Peter Hore (Autor)

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2016 | 2. Auflage
288 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6945-1 (ISBN)

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Already a decorated heroine of the First World War, British-born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has almost been forgotten. Evoking the spirit of Edith Cavell, and taking the German occupation of Paris in 1940 as a personal affront, she led an escape line for patriotic Frenchmen and British soldiers. After imprisonment, escape to England, a secret return to France and another arrest, she began to witness the horrors of German-run prisons and concentration camps. In April 1945, a score of British and American women emerged from the Women's Hell - Ravensbrück concentration camp - who had been kept alive by the willpower and the strength of one woman, Mary Lindell. She combined a passion for adventure with blunt speech and persistently displayed the greatest personal bravery in the face of great adversity. To counter German claims that they had no British or American prisoners, Mary smuggled out a plea for rescue and produced her list from her pinafore pocket, compiled in secret from the camp records. This vital list contained the names of captured women, many of whom were agents of British Military Intelligence, the Special Operations Executive or the French Resistance. Poignantly supported by first-hand testimony, Lindell's List tells the moving story of Mary Lindell's heroic leadership and the endurance of a group of women who defied the Nazis in the Second World War.

PETER HORE is an award-winning author and journalist. He served a full career in the Royal Navy, spent ten years working in the cinema and television industry, and is now a Daily Telegraph obituary writer and biographer. His other books include Nelson's Band of Brothers and News of Nelson: John Lapenotiere's Race from Trafalgar to London. In 2011 he was elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2016
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: American women • April 1945 • Arrest • british military intelligence • british women • camp records • comtesse de milleville • Edith Cavell • Escape Line • escape to England • First world war heroine • First world war heroine, world war one, world war I, world war 1, ww1, wwi, mary Lindell, comtesse de milleville, second world war, world war two, world war 2, world war ii, ww2, wwii, edith cavell, german occupation of paris, escape line, imprisonment, escape to England, arrest, german prisons, • French Resistance • german concentration camps, april 1945, british women, American women, women’s hell, Ravensbrück concentration camp, Ravensbruck concentration camp, prisoners, smuggled out, smuggle, camp records, british military intelligence, SOE, special operations executive, French resistance, • german occupation of paris • german prisons|german concentration camps • Imprisonment • mary Lindell • Prisoners • Ravensbruck concentration camp • Ravensbrück concentration camp • saving british & American women at Ravensbruck • |saving british and American women at Ravensbrück • saving british and American women at Ravensbrück, saving british & American women at Ravensbruck, women in history, women’s history • Second World War • smuggle • smuggled out • SOE • Special Operations Executive • Women in History • women in history, women's history • women’s hell • Women’s history • World War 1 • World War 2 • World War I • World War II • World War One • World War Two • WW1 • ww2 • wwi • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-6945-8 / 0750969458
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-6945-1 / 9780750969451