Table of Contents
Map of Europe, 1936-1939 x
Map of Western Europe, 1940 xi
Map of Occupied France xii
Prologue 1
Part I
The Free City of Danzig (1921-1937) 5
A Pogrom German-Style (Spring 1937) 10
Preparing to Leave Danzig (Summer 1937) 23
At the Station (September 1937) 31
Berlin (September 2-12, 1937) 34
Part II
Paris (September 1937-September 3, 1939) 47
"The Phony War." (Paris, September 1939-June 1940) 65
The Debacle (Paris and Bayonne, June 1940) 73
Toulouse (June and July 1940) 90
To Marseille, in Marseille (August-September 1940) 97
Over the Pyrenees (September 11-13, 1940) 107
Walter Benjamin (Late September 1940) 113
Villa Air-Bel (November 1940-February 1941) 116
Mafia (February-June 1941) 128
Chagall (Spring 1941) 134
Max and Peggy Depart (July 1941) 135
The Expulsion of Fry; My Mountain Climbing Adventure (August-December 1941) 136
Grenoble (December 1941-August 26, 1942) 146
Part III
Internment (August 27-29, 1942) 153
Escape (September 6, 1942) 167
Underground Intelligence at Montmeyran (Autumn 1942-March 1943) 174
Manna from the Skies (November 1943-May 1944) 188
Last Days on the Farm (June 1944) 192
Becoming a Guerrilla (June 1944) 195
Haute Cuisine in the Camp (June-July 1944) 201
The Ambush (July 1944) 203
The 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion (August-October 1944) 208
The Teller Mine Incident (October 11, 1944) 219
Homecoming to Paris (December 1944-February 15, 1945) 223
Granville (February 15-March 8, 1945) 230
Unrra (April 1945-October 1945) 235
To America (October 1945-July 13, 1946) 247
Epilogue: What Happened to 251
Acknowledgments 275
Index 277