Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris

247 Pages·2015·7.13 MB·English

by  Alex Kershaw

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Copyright © 2015 by Alex Kershaw All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kershaw, Alex.
Avenue of spies: a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family’s heroic resistance in Nazi-
occupied Paris / Alex Kershaw.—First edition.
1. Jackson, Sumner Waldron. 2. Jackson, Sumner Waldron—Family. 3. World War, 1939–1945—
Underground movements—France—Paris. 4. Spies—France—Paris—Biography. 5. Americans—France—
Paris—Biography. 6. Physicians—France—Paris—Biography. 7. World War, 1939–1945—France—Paris.
8. Paris (France)—History, Military—20th century. 9. France—History—German occupation, 1940–1945.
I. Title.
D802.F82P37476 2015
940.53′44361092313—dc23 2015016861
ISBN 9780804140034
eBook ISBN 9780804140041
Maps by David Lindroth Inc.
Cover design by Elena Giavaldi
Cover photographs by DPA/ZUMA (top left); Mondadori/Getty (top right); Roger-Viollet/The Image Works
(bottom left); courtesy the author (bottom right)
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For Pete and Loraine
CONTENTS
Cover
Also by the Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Maps
Wartime Europe 1944–45
Nazi Paris
PART ONE: CITY OF DARKNESS
CHAPTER 1 THE FALL
CHAPTER 2 TO SAVE FRANCE
CHAPTER 3 THE FOURTEENTH
CHAPTER 4 DAY TRIPPERS
CHAPTER 5 SPIES OF SUMMER
CHAPTER 6 WINGED VICTORY
PART TWO: ARMIES OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER 7 ON DOCTOR’S ORDERS
CHAPTER 8 AVENUE BOCHE
CHAPTER 9 THE SHADOW GAME
CHAPTER 10 NUMBER 11
CHAPTER 11 THE LAST SUMMER
CHAPTER 12 THE LAST METRO
PART THREE: NIGHT AND FOG
CHAPTER 13 GUESTS OF THE REICH
CHAPTER 14 THE COUP: JULY 20, 1944
CHAPTER 15 AVE MARIA
CHAPTER 16 DAYS OF GLORY
CHAPTER 17 NIGHT AND FOG
CHAPTER 18 NEUENGAMME
CHAPTER 19 DELIVERANCE
PART FOUR: AFTER THE FALL
CHAPTER 20 ONE DAY IN MAY
CHAPTER 21 HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE
CHAPTER 22 JUSTICE
EPILOGUE LES INVALIDES
PHOTO INSERT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
About the Author
We lived in the shadows as soldiers of the night, but our lives were
not dark and martial….There were arrests, torture, and death for so
many of our friends and comrades, and tragedy awaited all of us
just around the corner. But we did not live in or with tragedy. We
were exhilarated by the challenge and rightness of our cause. It was
in many ways the worst of times and in just as many ways the best
of times, and the best is what we remember today.
—JEAN-PIERRE LÉVY

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