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Suzanne's Children

A Daring Rescue in Nazi Paris

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Suzanne's Children

By: Anne Nelson
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
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Suzanne Spaak was born into the Belgian Catholic elite and married into the country's leading political family. Her brother-in-law was the Foreign Minister, and her husband, Claude, was a playwright and patron of the painter Renée Magritte. In Paris in the late 1930s, her friendship with a Polish Jewish refugee led her to her life's purpose. When France fell and the Nazis occupied Paris, she joined the Resistance. She used her fortune and social status to enlist allies among wealthy Parisians and church groups. Then, under the eyes of the Gestapo, Suzanne and women from the Jewish and Christian resistance groups 'kidnapped' hundreds of Jewish children to save them from the gas chambers.

Suzanne's Children is the 'dogged...page-turning account' (Kirkus Reviews) of this incredible story of courage in the face of evil. It was during the final year of the Occupation when Suzanne was caught in the Gestapo dragnet that was pursuing a Soviet agent she had aided. She was executed shortly before the liberation of Paris. Suzanne Spaak is honoured in Israel as one of the Righteous Among Nations. Nelson's 'heartfelt story is almost a model for how popular history should be written; it will satisfy lovers of history, Jewish history in particular.' (Library Journal).

©2018 Anne Nelson (P)2020 Audible, Ltd
20th Century France Historical Politicians World War II Military Holocaust War Imperialism Refugee
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