Mrs Mahoney's Secret War - The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Young Woman's Resistance

Informationen zum Autor Gretel Mahoney was born in Germany in 1915 and was 24 years old when the Second World War broke out. She moved to England in 1945, where she remained until her death in 2006. Claudia Strachan was born in Germany and moved to England in 1993. After meeting Gretel, she spent the next nine years researching the historical background of her story. Klappentext Gretel helped to protect fugitives hunted by the Gestapo hid her Jewish doctor in her cellar and passed to the resistance secrets learned from her work on the Enigma encryption machine. Finally arrested in 1945 she was liberated as the British Army advanced towards Hamburg. After the war Gretel fell in love with a British officer. When he was transferred back to England her determination and bravery were tested once more. Zusammenfassung Gretel helped to protect fugitives hunted by the Gestapo, hid her Jewish doctor in her cellar and passed to the resistance secrets learned from her work on the Enigma encryption machine. Finally arrested in 1945, she was liberated as the British Army advanced towards Hamburg. After the war, Gretel fell in love with a British officer.

Product details

• Authors: Gretel Mahoney, Gretel Strachan Mahoney, Claudia Strachan, Strachan Claudia
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781845965952
• ISBN: 978-1-84596-595-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Germany, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Autobiography: historical, political and military, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater