A guest of the Reich: the story of American heiress Gertrude Legendre's dramatic captivity and escape from Nazi Germany [First edition] 9781524747336, 9781524747343, 1524747343

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English Pages (viii, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map Year 2019

A guest of the Reich: the story of American heiress Gertrude Legendre's dramatic captivity and escape from Nazi Germany [First edition]
9781524747336, 9781524747343, 1524747343

Author / Uploaded
Finn
Peter;Legendre
Gertrude Sanford

Table of contents :
Map: Gertie's Europe, 1944-45 --
Paris --
Luxembourg City --
Wyoming --
Addis Ababa --
Hanoi --
Washington, D.C. --
London --
Wallendorf --
Limburg an der lahn --
Diez an der lahn --
Berlin --
Cologne --
Bad Godesberg --
Königswinter --
Kronberg --
Constance --
Bern --
Brandenburg --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgments --
A note on sources --
Notes --
Selected bibliography --
Illustration credits --
Illustrations --
A note about the author.

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