Ninette's War - A Jewish Story of Survival in 1940s France

Ninette Dreyfus was a cosseted scion of one of France''s most prominent Jewish families - a cousin to Albert Einstein and family friend to Colette. But when the Second World War took hold and the Nazis occupied Paris, the fall from grace was dramatic. Realising that the Vichy regime would transform her fate, the teenager soon found herself fleeing the capital for the South, in fear for her life. Woven together from Ninette''s own diaries and interviews with author John Jay before she died, Ninette''s War traces the frailty of national and personal unity through the eyes of a young woman, in compelling and unforgettable detail.

Product details

• Authors: John Jay, Jay John
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781805220664
• ISBN: 978-1-80522-066-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 218 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Holocaust, HISTORY / Europe / France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, The Holocaust, c 1940 to c 1949, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs