Eva and Otto : resistance, refugees, and love in the time of Hitler
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Published
West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2020].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781557538819, 1557538816
Physical Desc
xi, 528 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Published
West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2020].
Street Date
1911
Language
English
ISBN
9781557538819, 1557538816
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-514)and index.
Description
"Eva and Otto is a true story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister (1910-1991) and Otto Pfister (1900-1985). It is an intimate and epic account of two Germans-Eva born Jewish, Otto born Catholic-who worked with a little-known German political group that resisted and fought against Hitler in Germany before 1933 and then in exile in Paris before the German invasion of France in May 1940. After their improbable escapes from separate internment and imprisonment in Europe, Eva obtained refuge in America in October 1940 where she worked to rescue other endangered political refugees, including Otto, with the help of Eleanor Roosevelt. As revealed in recently declassified records, Eva and Otto later engaged in different secret assignments with the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in support of the Allied war effort. Despite their vastly different backgrounds, Eva and Otto gave each other hope and strength as they acted upon what they understood to be an ethical duty to help others threatened by fascism. The book provides a sobering insight into the personal risks and costs of a commitment to that duty. Their unusually beautiful writing-directed to each other in diaries and correspondence during two long periods of wartime separation-also reveals an unlikely and inspiring love story."--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 940.548673 PFI | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anti-Nazi movement -- France -- Biography.
Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Biography.
Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund -- History.
Pfister, Eva Lewinski, -- 1910-1991.
Pfister, Otto, -- 1900-1985.
Political refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Refugees -- Government policy -- United States.
United States. -- Office of Strategic Services -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Biography.
Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund -- History.
Pfister, Eva Lewinski, -- 1910-1991.
Pfister, Otto, -- 1900-1985.
Political refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Refugees -- Government policy -- United States.
United States. -- Office of Strategic Services -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pfister, T. L., Pfister, K. D., & Pfister, P. J. (2020). Eva and Otto: resistance, refugees, and love in the time of Hitler . Purdue University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pfister, Thomas L., 1948-, Katherine D. Pfister and Peter J. Pfister. 2020. Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler. Purdue University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pfister, Thomas L., 1948-, Katherine D. Pfister and Peter J. Pfister. Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler Purdue University Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pfister, Thomas L., Katherine D. Pfister, and Peter J. Pfister. Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler Purdue University Press, 2020.
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