Description
Rich in detail, Vagliano not only describes her experiences - from caring for thousands of refugees in the worst possible conditions, to defusing landmines, and being kidnapped, shot at, torpedoed, and bombed - she also recounts the major events of the war in Europe including the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, and, finally, the concentration camps. Spending five weeks at Buchenwald repatriating the 21,000 prisoners still there, she bared a unique witness to the transition period between the liberation of the camp and its turnover to the Russians in July 1945, and saw first-hand "to what extremes the human imagination can go in its search for the most cruel methods of torture."
Striking a balance between daredevil-level escapades and the sobering reality of a war-time account, this book won the 1982 Saint Simon award for best memoir of the year under its original title Les Demoiselles de Gualle. Now translator and editor Martha Noel Evans brings the young French lieutenant's memoirs to English-speaking audiences for the first time.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813182490
Author Sonia Vagliano Eloy
Format Hardback
Page Count 266
Imprint The University Press of Kentucky
Publisher The University Press of Kentucky