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And There Was Light

The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II

Jacques Lusseyran

Discover the inspiring true story of a blind Parisian schoolboy turned resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied France. Despite his blindness, he formed a group of 52 boys to resist the Nazis using his heightened senses to recruit the best. After being arrested, he survived the Buchenwald concentration camp and lived to tell his story of thriving with any challenge. This memoir is considered one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century and includes a new insert of powerful photographs.
Publish Date
2014-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
2014-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1963
Goodreads Rating
4.21
ISBN
9781608682690
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2022-06-23T13:50:38.000Z
This book is extraordinary.      source