The Spiral Shell: A French Village Reveals Its Secrets of Jewish Resistance in World War 2
Sandell Morse
(Author)
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Description
April 2020 will mark the 80th Anniversary of the fall of France to Nazi Germany, and the establishment of the provisional government of the Vichy state, a puppet of the Axis regime, to carry out the arrest and deportation of all Jewish civilians. In the course of her writing residency over a three-year period in the village of Auvillar, the author learns of acts of bravery and rebellion on the part of several of the Jewish families and individuals who risked their lives to save innocent refugees and children orphaned by the Holocaust, and gradually gains their trust enough for them to share the details of their harrowing experiences of rebellion and resistance. The author in turn discovers truths about her own life and Jewish heritage in America, which she now sees in the light of the bravery and selflessness of those who elected to act and not stand by idly in the face of oppression and genocide.
Product Details
Price
$24.95
$23.20
Publisher
Schaffner Press
Publish Date
April 14, 2020
Pages
248
Dimensions
5.7 X 8.1 X 1.0 inches | 0.85 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781943156924
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About the Author
Sandell Morse is a non-fiction writer whose works have appeared in several major literary magazines, including Ascent, Ploughshares, and Solstice. She has received a Notable Mention in the Best American Essays 2013, and a nomination for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She lives in Maine.
Reviews
"The Spiral Shell's strength lies in what Morse pieced together about a village under occupation. She quotes Timothy Snyder's chilling book about Hitler's and Stalin's mass murders, Bloodlands: 'It is for us as humanists to turn the numbers back into people." Stories such as the remarkable ones she has unearthed are really the only way of doing it." Thomas Urquhart, Portland Press Herald.
"The story Morse tells teaches the importance of empathy and connection. Like all accounts of the Holocaust, it looks at the struggle for justice and the challenge to retain our humanity in dark times." Rose City Reader
"The story Morse tells teaches the importance of empathy and connection. Like all accounts of the Holocaust, it looks at the struggle for justice and the challenge to retain our humanity in dark times." Rose City Reader
