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Lochery Neill
Lisbon War In The Shadows Of The City Of Light 1939 - 1945
Lisbon War In The Shadows Of The City Of Light 1939 - 1945
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Description: Lisbon had a pivotal role in the history of World War II though not a gun was fired there. The only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis power operated openly it was temporary home to much of Europe's exiled royalty over one million refugees seeking passage to the U. S. and a host of spies secret police captains of industry bankers prominent Jews writers and artists escaped PO Ws and black marketeers. An operations officer writing in 1944 described the daily scene at Lisbon's airport as being like the movie Casablanca " times twenty. In this riveting narrative renowned historian Neill Lochery draws on his relationships with high - level Portuguese contacts access to records recently uncovered from Portuguese secret police and banking archives and other unpublished documents to offer a revelatory portrait of the War's back stage. And he tells the story of how Portugal a relatively poor European country trying frantically to remain neutral amidst extraordinary pressures survived the war not only physically intact but significantly wealthier. The country's emergence as a prosperous European Union nation would be financed in part it turns out by a cache of Nazi gold.
Title: Lisbon War In The Shadows Of The City Of Light 1939 - 1945
Author(s): Lochery Neill
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781610391887
Pages: 344 Pages, 24-Pp. B/W Photo Insert On Gloss
Publication Date: 10/30/2012
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
Description: Lisbon had a pivotal role in the history of World War II though not a gun was fired there. The only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis power operated openly it was temporary home to much of Europe's exiled royalty over one million refugees seeking passage to the U. S. and a host of spies secret police captains of industry bankers prominent Jews writers and artists escaped PO Ws and black marketeers. An operations officer writing in 1944 described the daily scene at Lisbon's airport as being like the movie Casablanca " times twenty. In this riveting narrative renowned historian Neill Lochery draws on his relationships with high - level Portuguese contacts access to records recently uncovered from Portuguese secret police and banking archives and other unpublished documents to offer a revelatory portrait of the War's back stage. And he tells the story of how Portugal a relatively poor European country trying frantically to remain neutral amidst extraordinary pressures survived the war not only physically intact but significantly wealthier. The country's emergence as a prosperous European Union nation would be financed in part it turns out by a cache of Nazi gold.
Title: Lisbon War In The Shadows Of The City Of Light 1939 - 1945
Author(s): Lochery Neill
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781610391887
Pages: 344 Pages, 24-Pp. B/W Photo Insert On Gloss
Publication Date: 10/30/2012
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000