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010 _z 2019026492
020 _a9781612496153
020 _z9781612496146
020 _z1612496156
020 _z9781557538819
035 _a(OCoLC)1112131257
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
100 1 _aPfister, Thomas L.,
_d1948-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEva and Otto :
_bResistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler /
_cTom, Kathy, and Peter Pfister.
264 1 _aWest Lafayette, Indiana :
_bPurdue University Press,
_c[2020]
264 3 _aBaltimore, Md. :
_bProject MUSE,
_c2020
264 4 _c©[2020]
300 _a1 online resource (478 pages).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aPart I. Eva's Path to 28 Boulevard Poissonniere -- Childhood in Goldap (1910-26) -- Study in France and at the Walkemühle (1926-32) -- Anti-Nazi Work in Germany (1932-33) -- Early Years in Exile in Paris (1933-35) -- Part II. Otto's Path to 28 Boulevard Poissonniere -- Childhood in Munich (1900-20) -- "Education" in Italy and France (1920-35) -- Part III. Resistance and Love in Paris: 1935- -- Anti-Nazi Work in Paris -- War Begins: Internment, Sabotage and Love -- Part IV. German Invasion on May 9, 1940: Eva and Otto Forced on Separate Paths -- Eva's Internment at Velodrome d'Hiver and Camp de Gurs -- Eva's Refuge in Castagnede, Montauban and Marseille -- Otto's Capture and Imprisonment by the Nazis -- Otto's Return to Paris and Flight to Montauban -- Eva's Escape over the Pyrenees and Unexpected Delay in Lisbon -- Eva's Voyage from Lisbon to New York -- Part V. New York 1940-41: Urgent Efforts to Rescue ISK Colleagues Including Otto -- Eva's Daunting Task of Obtaining U.S. Visas -- Help from Eleanor Roosevelt and Other Americans -- Three Crucial Meetings on December 27, -- 1940 Correspondence -- Eva's Other Activities before the End of -- Further Pleas to Help Otto and Other Refugees -- Otto's Wait for Visa in Southern France -- Otto's Escape to America -- Eva's Defense of Her Decision to Marry Otto -- Part VI. Rescue Efforts and Work for the OSS in the Face of Personal Challenges -- Priorities: Eva's Rescue and Relief Work -- "Rene-Eva Correspondence" -- Eva's Secret Work with the OSS -- Three Big Decisions in 1943- -- A Devastating Loss -- Part VII. Separated Again -- Otto's OSS Mission; Wartime Correspondence -- War Drags on; Reports on Nazi Atrocities; Another Personal Loss -- Questions about the Future as Allies Battle in Europe -- Part VIII. Hope Renewed -- 1945: Signs of Spring as the War in Europe Grinds to an End -- A New Life.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _a"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."--
_cProvided by publisher
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aPfister, Otto,
_d1900-1985.
600 1 0 _aPfister, Eva Lewinski,
_d1910-1991.
610 1 7 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of Strategic Services.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00542242
610 2 7 _aInternationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00641699
610 2 0 _aInternationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund
_xHistory.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of Strategic Services
_xOfficials and employees
_vBiography.
650 7 _aSecret service.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01110661
650 7 _aRefugees
_xGovernment policy.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01092811
650 7 _aRefugees.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01092797
650 7 _aPolitical refugees.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01069678
650 7 _aEmployees.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00909111
650 7 _aAnti-Nazi movement.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00810297
650 6 _aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945
_xRefugies
_zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 _aRefugies
_xPolitique gouvernementale
_zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 _aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945
_xService secret
_zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 _aAntinazisme
_zAllemagne
_vBiographies.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xRefugees
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRefugees
_xGovernment policy
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSecret service
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAnti-Nazi movement
_zFrance
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAnti-Nazi movement
_zGermany
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPolitical refugees
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204155
651 7 _aGermany.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01210272
651 7 _aFrance.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204289
655 7 _aBiographies.
_2rvmgf
655 7 _aBiographies.
_2lcgft
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 _aBiographies.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655 7 _acollective biographies.
_2aat
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aPfister, Peter J.,
_d1948-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aPfister, Katherine D.,
_d1946-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/73018/
945 _aProject MUSE - 2020 Complete
945 _aProject MUSE - 2020 History
945 _aProject MUSE - 2020 Jewish Studies
999 _c233225
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