The Violins of Autumn

Author(s): Michael Huie
In the summer and early fall of 1944, Paulette Roche, a young French woman, documented her days in a diary. Filled mostly with ordinary events — attending church, going to work — there are buried within the pages incidents that hint at the horror and danger of living in German-occupied France.
Format:Drama

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Nationality of Author:U.S.
Experience(s) Chronicled:Resistance | Women and the Holocaust
Tags: diary, Resistance

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