The Paris girl : the young woman who outwitted the Nazis and became a WWII hero

The Paris girl The young woman who outwitted the Nazis and became a WWII hero

Francelle Bradford White

Book - 2025

Written by her own daughter, this biography chronicles the astonishing courage Andrée Griotteray, a teenage girl in Nazi-occupied Paris who would become a hero of the French Resistance through her harrowing work as an underground intelligence courier.

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Subjects
Griotteray, Andree.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Biography.
Spies > France > Biography.
Women spies > France > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > France.
Biographies.
Genres
Biographies
Published
New York, NY : Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Francelle Bradford White (author)
Item Description
"Originally published in the UK as Andrée's War by Elliott and Thompson"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
xiii, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
ISBN
9780806544298
  • Introduction
  • An acknowledgement
  • The making of a resistance fighter
  • War!
  • The evacuation of Paris
  • Life under occupation
  • A first rebellion
  • A life well lived
  • Fighting back
  • Working against the enemy
  • Taking risks
  • A dangerous affair
  • The birth of Orion
  • Courage
  • Imperilled
  • The Allied landing in North Africa
  • Arrest
  • Escape
  • Illness
  • Betrayal
  • Secret agent
  • Gold
  • The cyanide option
  • The brothel
  • The arrest
  • The cat with nine lives
  • Liberation!
  • Life after liberation
  • A just reward
  • Epilogue
  • Intelligence gathering in France
  • A notes on the French resistance
  • Bibliography and sources
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index.

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