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Podcast: Viewpoints with Henry Grossek
Episode: The Paris Collaborator with A. W. Hammond
Description: ‘A vivid and captivating read …
I was hooked from the very first page!’
– Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
August, 1944. In German-occupied Paris, former schoolteacher Auguste Duchene has stumbled upon an unusual way to survive: he finds missing people. When he’s approached by members of the French Resistance to locate a missing priest – and a cache of stolen weapons – Duchene initially refuses. But the Resistance offer him no choice. Within hours, he’s also blackmailed by
a powerful Nazi into searching for a German soldier who’s suspected of deserting.
To fail at eithe...