When the German army marched into Paris on June 14, 1940, approximately 5,000 Americans remained in Paris. They had refused or been unable to leave for many different reasons; their actions during the course of the German occupation would prove to be just as varied. Glass interweaves the experiences of some of the individuals who belonged to this unique colony of American expatriates living in Paris. Among the stories highlighted are those of Charles Bedaux, an American millionaire determined to carry on with his business affairs as usual; Sylvia Beach, owner of the famous English-language bookstore Shakespeare & Company; Clara Longworth de Chambrun, patroness of the American Library in Paris and distantly related to FDR; and Dr. Sumner Jackson, the American Hospital’s chief surgeon. These fascinating tales reflect the complicated network of choices—passive compromise, outright collaboration, patient retreat, and active resistance—that existed for Americans caught in the German web.
Chapter 1. The American Mayor of Paris
Chapter 3. The Countess from Ohio
Chapter 5. Le Millionnaire américain
Chapter 11. A French Prisoner with the Americans
Chapter 14. Rugged Individualists
Chapter 15. Germany’s Confidential American Agent
Chapter 16. The Coldest Winter
Chapter 18. New Perils in Paris
Chapter 19. Utopia in Les Landes
Chapter 20. To Resist, to Collaborate or to Endure
Chapter 24. The Second Round-up
Chapter 27. Americans Go to War
Chapter 28. Murphy Forgets a Friend
Chapter 30. The Bedaux Dossier
Chapter 31. Murphy versus Bedaux
Chapter 35. The Adolescent Spy
Chapter 36. Clara under Suspicion
Chapter 38. The Trial of Citizen Bedaux
Chapter 39. The Underground Railway
Chapter 41. Springtime in Paris
Chapter 42. The Maquis to Arms!
Chapter 43. Résistants Unmasked
Chapter 46. Slaves of the Reich
Chapter 50. Liberating the Rooftops
Chapter 51. Libération, not Liberation