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title : The Art of Resistance
Author : Justus Rosenberg
Publisher : William Morrow
description : in 1937 as the nazis gained control and anti semitism spread in the free city of danzig a majority german city on the baltic sea sixteen year old justus rosenberg was sent to paris to finish his education in safety three years later france fell to the germans alone and in danger penniless and cut off from contact with his family in poland justus fled south a chance meeting led him to varian fry an american journalist in marseille helping thousands of men and women including many artists and intellectuals among them hannah arendt marc chagall andre breton and max ernst escape the nazis with his german background understanding of french cultural and fluency in several languages including english justus became an invaluable member of fry s refugee network as a spy and scout the spry blond who looked even younger than his age flourished in the underground handling counterfeit documents secret passwords black market currency surveying escape routes and dealing with avaricious gangsters but when fry was eventually forced to leave france gussie as he was affectionately known could not get out for the next four years justus relied on his wits and skills to escape captivity survive several close calls with death and continue his fight against the nazis working with the french resistance and later becoming attached with the united states army at the war s end justus emigrated to america and built a new life justus story is a powerful saga of bravery daring adventure and survival with the soul of a spy thriller reflecting on his past justus sees his life as a confluence of circumstances as he writes i survived the war through a rare combination of good fortune resourcefulness optimism and most important the kindness of many good people
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