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33 days / Léon Werth ; with an introduction by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ; translated by Austin Denis Johnston.

by Werth, Léon, 1878-1955.

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Melville House Publishing, [2015]

Werth, Léon, 1878-1955.

Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French

World War, 1939-1945 -- France.

France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.

Neversink library.

9781612194257 (pbk.)

1612194257 (pbk.)

33 jours. English

Alternate title:

Thirty-three days

xvii, 116 pages ; 21 cm.

Translation of: 33 jours.

"A rare eyewitness account by the author of fleeing the Nazis' march on Paris in 1940, featuring an introduction by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. In June of 1940, Leon Werth and his wife fled Paris before the advancing Nazi Army. This is his eyewitness account of that experience, one of the largest civilian displacements in history. Encouraged to write this account by his dear friend, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The Little Prince, Werth finished the manuscript while in hiding in the Jura mountains. Saint-Exupery smuggled the manuscript out of Nazi-occupied France, wrote an introduction to the work and arranged for its publication in the United States by Brentanos. But the publication never came to pass, and Werth's manuscript would disappear for more than fifty years until the first French edition, in 1992. It has since become required reading in French schools. This edition includes Saint-Exupery's original introduction for the book, long thought to be lost. After more than seventy years, 33 Days appears--complete and as it was fully intended. Léon Werth, a French writer and art critic, chose to remain in France, during its occupation, despite offers by the Centre americain de secours in Marseille to help his family emigrate. In July 1941 Werth was required to register as Jewish, his travel was restricted and his works banned from publication. His wife, Suzanne, was active in the Resistance, crossing the demarcation line clandestinely more than a dozen times and establishing their Paris apartment as a safe house for fugitive Jewish women, downed British and Canadian pilots, secret resistance meetings and storage of false identity papers and illegal radio transmitters. During the occupation, Werth lived poorly in the Jura Mountain region, alone, cold and often hungry. Déposition, his diary, was published in 1946, delivering a damning indictment of Vichy France"--Provided by publisher.

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.

Johnston, Austin Denis.

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