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- catalog abstract ""Under the shadow of Nazi occupation, ordinary men and women leading apparently quiet lives as doctors, farmers, housewives, priests, and teachers engaged in spy thriller adventures to save the Allied airmen raining down among them. French and Belgian patriots, usually without aid or training, created elaborate escape lines that enabled thousands of Allied airmen to evade enemy capture. Known simply as "helpers," these men and women organized prison breakouts, seaside evacuations, and parachute drops as well as provided food, shelter, and traveling papers for the men in their care. All this was done amidst the constant threat of betrayal by a traitor or brutal arrest and interrogation by Gestapo agents." "To research these stories, Ottis hiked the Pyrenees and interviewed many of the surviving helpers and evaders. She tells of the extreme difficulty helpers had in avoiding Nazi infiltration by double agents; of their creativity in hiding evaders in their homes, sometimes in the midst of unexpected searches; and of their generosity in sharing their meager food supplies during wartime. Silent Heroes is filled with dashing heroes, dastardly villains, well-planned traps, and last-minute escapes. The sum of these stories reveals the unflagging spirit and courage of these men and women in the face of a war fought on a very personal level."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12136475.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Under the shadow of Nazi occupation, ordinary men and women leading apparently quiet lives as doctors, farmers, housewives, priests, and teachers engaged in spy thriller adventures to save the Allied airmen raining down among them. French and Belgian patriots, usually without aid or training, created elaborate escape lines that enabled thousands of Allied airmen to evade enemy capture. Known simply as "helpers," these men and women organized prison breakouts, seaside evacuations, and parachute drops as well as provided food, shelter, and traveling papers for the men in their care. All this was done amidst the constant threat of betrayal by a traitor or brutal arrest and interrogation by Gestapo agents." "To research these stories, Ottis hiked the Pyrenees and interviewed many of the surviving helpers and evaders. She tells of the extreme difficulty helpers had in avoiding Nazi infiltration by double agents; of their creativity in hiding evaders in their homes, sometimes in the midst of unexpected searches; and of their generosity in sharing their meager food supplies during wartime. Silent Heroes is filled with dashing heroes, dastardly villains, well-planned traps, and last-minute escapes. The sum of these stories reveals the unflagging spirit and courage of these men and women in the face of a war fought on a very personal level."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X -- It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders -- My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers -- Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941 -- In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943 -- Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944 -- Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944 -- We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath -- Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later -- Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne Connection.".
- catalog extent "235 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Silent heroes.".
- catalog identifier "0813121868 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Silent heroes.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Silent heroes.".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "940.54/8641 21".
- catalog subject "Air pilots, Military Europe.".
- catalog subject "D810.S7 O75 2001".
- catalog subject "Escapes France History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Flight crews Europe.".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. MI9 History.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Science Fiction or Military Strategy: The Activities of MI9 and MIS-X -- It Was Raining Aviators: The Evaders -- My Brother's Keeper: The Helpers -- Adolph Should Stay: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1940-1941 -- In the Wake of Betrayal: The Pat O'Leary Line, 1942-1943 -- Riding the Tail of a Comet: The Comet Line, 1941-1944 -- Out of the Ashes: The Shelburne Line, 1944 -- We Will Never Forget: The Aftermath -- Epilogue: Fifty-Five Years Later -- Evaders Evacuated through the Burgundy/Shelburne Connection.".
- catalog title "Silent heroes : downed airmen and the French underground / Sherri Greene Ottis.".
- catalog type "text".