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The Greatest Escape : How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives from the Nazis - A Good Place to Hide. Peter Grose

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Author: Peter Grose
Date: 31 Jul 2014
Publisher: NICHOLAS BREALEY PUBLISHING
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Hardback::336 pages
ISBN10: 1857886267
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
File size: 29 Mb
Dimension: 234x 234x 156mm::781g

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