
Behind Enemy Lines
The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
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Kirsten Potter
Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe's sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France.
Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army. Marthe, using her perfect German accent and blond hair to pose as a young German nurse who was desperately trying to obtain word of a fictional fiancé, would slip behind enemy lines to retrieve inside information about Nazi troop movements.
By traveling throughout the countryside and approaching troops sympathetic to her plight - risking death every time she did so - she learned where they were going next and was able to alert Allied commanders.
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During my evening with Marthe she told me she doesn't feel or want to be called a hero, she was just doing what anyone would have done had they been her, and that she was also the luckiest person ever for having survived through many events.
I enjoyed reading this book as it brought me closer to what my own grandparents had suffered but were never able to talk about. A must read for anyone that wants to learn more about WW2.
Amazing story of a fighter and survivor
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A bigger than life memoir
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Standing Ovation
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Really enjoyed this book!
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A great book
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Stop pausing and hit pay.
Loved it
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Amazing Lady
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However my enjoyment of the book was continually interrupted by the reader’s terrible French accent. It was worse because you could tell she was trying, but the vowels were all wrong. (Leecee for lycée? Gayr for gare?)
I don’t blame the reader, per se, as she tried. But seriously- can’t the publishing company hire folks who have genuine experience with French, for a book full of French words? Is that truly so hard? If not, can’t you give them a better cheat sheet for pronunciations?
Great story but terrible French pronunciation.
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