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Escape Via Berlin: Eluding Franco in Hitler's Europe (Basque Series)
Jose Antonio de Aguirre
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Description for Escape Via Berlin: Eluding Franco in Hitler's Europe (Basque Series)
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Jose Antonio de Aguirre, the exiled President of the Basque Republic, found himself caught between the Spanish Nationalists and the Gestapo as the Germans invaded France in 1940. This book is first and foremost the exciting account of a miraculous escape from the Germans, but it contains far more than mere adventure; threaded into the story are pictures of democracy and dictatorship and their effects on the lives of individuals, of religion in war, of human progress and decency surviving every adversity, of optimism where it might be least expected. Here is a man, by temperament a philosopher and by ... Read more
Jose Antonio de Aguirre, the exiled President of the Basque Republic, found himself caught between the Spanish Nationalists and the Gestapo as the Germans invaded France in 1940. This book is first and foremost the exciting account of a miraculous escape from the Germans, but it contains far more than mere adventure; threaded into the story are pictures of democracy and dictatorship and their effects on the lives of individuals, of religion in war, of human progress and decency surviving every adversity, of optimism where it might be least expected. Here is a man, by temperament a philosopher and by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874171679
SKU
V9780874171679
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About Jose Antonio de Aguirre
Jose Antonio de Aguirre (1904-1960) was the first president (lendakari) of the Basque Republic during its brief and tragic history as an ally of the Spanish Republic. He was forced into exile in France when the Nationalists overran his fledgling country. After escaping the Nazis, he spent the rest of his life in exile, fighting for the reestablishment of the ... Read more
Reviews for Escape Via Berlin: Eluding Franco in Hitler's Europe (Basque Series)
A dignified and uncommonly well-written book. -The Nation Escape Via Berlin first appeared in 1944, to critical acclaim; this reprint will introduce new audiences to the magic of de Aguirre's first-person drama. . . . Aguirre's spiritual, political and social revelations and his observations of changes and events of the times permeates an engrossing ... Read more