Ninette's War

A Jewish Story of Survival in 1940s France

By: John Jay

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Hardcover | 29 April 2025

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352 Pages

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21.8 x 14.4 x 3.3

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THE TIMES NON-FICTION RECOMMENDED READ ''Chillingly relevant'' DAILY MAIL''Evocative, assiduously researched ... one girl''s wartime escape [and] a brutal reckoning with Vichy France''s wilful complicity in wartime atrocities'' SUNDAY TIMES''Meticulously researched with an inimitable richness, depth and levity'' NEW STATESMAN''A deeply researched and evocative true story'' ANNE SEBBANinette 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 broke out and the Germans occupied Paris, the fall was dramatic. Realising that her fate would be transformed, the teenager soon found herself fleeing the capital for the South, only to then fall prey to the Vichy regime. In fear for her life at the hands of the Nazis and their French collaborators, she became somebody else.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.

Industry Reviews

'Praise for Facing Fearful Odds' - :

'The most moving part of the book is the epilogue, where the author discusses a father always beyond his reach' - Nigel Perrin, author of Spirit of Resistance

'A moving tale of endurance and courage...a remarkable reconstruction of one man's war...a fascinating account of life in a prisoner-of-war camp' - Daily Express

'A very moving book, which takes us to the heart of darkness where so many men like Alec had to dwell, that we might live' - Ben Barkow, director of the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide

'A vivid and engaging description of [Alec Jay's] war experience' - Hampstead & Highgate Express

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