Outwitting the Gestapo Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 1994

Well written memoir describing the lives of those in the French Resistance. It’s a read timely for our times to remind us that Evil is a permanent trait of mankind as is the bravery of those who love.

The translation from French to English leaves a bit to be desired. Calling your child a "kid" repeatedly in the U.S. is something of a slight. I can't imagine the author meant to refer to her child in a derogatory fashion.Photo section...not a single picture of her husband. Why? Let alone a photo or two of her "kid."Sometimes the book really drags, but but overall I enjoyed it. Impressive and courageous defiance shown by the author, particularly when she was pregnant. How many of us could stand up to and bamboozle the Gestapo while carrying a growing new life inside? It must have taken nerves of titanium. Well done, Lucie Aubrac!

I really enjoyed this book. I am fascinated about life in France during WWII. I was very interested to learn more about the prevalence of the French resistance, as we are only too aware of the degree of collaboration that occurred.This book is well written, and had me racing through it to quell the suspense. It left me in awe of the bravery that ordinary people can muster in the time of terrible peril,

The personal tale of one who was there and yes "Done that!". A wonderfully written biography detailing the all or every-day of spending one's time trying to outwit a smart enemy with a world of help behind them...a wonderful example of the horrors, despair and seeming hopelessness that can meld to drive one on...especially one with children and expecting another! She takes you with her on every shadowy step, or that is how it read to me...an exciting experience indeed.

It’s a good novel but not superbly thrillingSomething is missing

Dealing with the Gestapo in Vichy France was a challenge but Aubrac was equal to the task and seems to have not only enjoyed it but I think she even misses the exciting times she and her husband went through. There's a hint of the romantic in her descriptions and she clearly enjoyed sticking it to the Germans. It's as if she were born for the task and hasn't the slightest empathy with the German soldiers she killed. Aubrac is one tough cookie.

I completely enjoyed this book. I’m reading a series of books about WWII female spies. Give me courage in these dark times. I recommend it.

I love reading a serious yet engrossing memoir, in this case about a woman of the French Resistance. Most of us know of the time & some of the activities---often those of men. Here, Lucie Aubrac is not only a serious resistance figure, she's an amazing author. Her book was even more fast-paced than the subsequent film made from it! I can only compare it favorably to Irene Nemirovsky and her Suites Francaise, published after her death in Auschwitz. If you are a history who needs time off from battle maps and generals, read Aubrac's memoir.

I bought this with the military/resistance angle in mind, and knew of her provenance from a number of books. The author, and her husband, were senior members of the resistance in the Lyon region and this was from the start, not the mothballed who joined when victory was more certain. Although published over 50 years after the events covered, the book was only published to refute the claims by the famous Nazi, Klaus Barbie, that the Aubracs were collaborators of the occupying Germans.Interestingly, in her Wikipedia entry, this book was described as being semi-fictional, which I find hard to believe - it's either fact or fiction, and I don't think it was too way off the mark; for most of the areas where exaggerated resistance claims could be made, were backed up by evidence.Anyway, to the book and why only 3 stars ,or just ok. I was expecting a book of derring-do or thin scrapes with the law. In truth, this book was more a domestic account of how a very intelligent woman survived the occupation and got out of the country when she sprung her husband from jail, whilst being pregnant - the whole book covers her nine months period. There are no other accounts similar to this, and so difficult to compare, but I found it quite pedestrian in its narrative, and where expected to be action packed, quite disappointing. It was however a chatty human story, recounting diary entries of domestic and work activity, interspersed with serious resistance work. There was quite a bit of the middle third focused on preparing to break out her husband, but even then it was told in a very undersold style, I could not really empathise with the author's plight.Brave woman, and a patriots tale of one who was lucky to survive, but not the most riveting of books. More domestic than I was expecting from the title and reputation.

SHE SEEMED TO HAVE AN AMAZING MEMORY.HOW COULD SHE REMEMBER ALL THE DATES ETC MORE THAN 40 YEARS AFTER THE EVENTSTHERE ARE TWO PHOTOS OF HER IN THE BOOK,PLUS ONE OF HER ON THE COVER.WHY NO PHOTOS OF OTHER RESISTANCE FIGHTERS?THERE IS NO MENTION OF NAZI REPRISALS AFTER THE RESCUE OF HER HUSBAND.I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY NEITHER LUCIE NOR HER HUSBAND TESTIFIED AGAINST BARBIE AT HIS TRIAL

Books on exploits of whoever in WW2 seem to come out as if from an assembly line at regular intervals. This book originally published under a French title in 1984 then in English in 1994 seems to have taken a long time to surface.Considering the book covers only from May 1943 to February 1944 it is still well worth a read. The good thing being at the end we are told what happened to all the characters afterwards in life. We read all these stories of these men and women and their exploits but we will never fully understand what they actually went through be they free throughout or captured and questioned but survived. But for these people there is the good chance we would all be speaking German.

A fascinating insight of what life was like in the secret army - l'armée des ombres. It's not well-written, to be frank, and the English translation is actually American English, which feels misplaced, but Lucie Aubrac's voice and courage shine through every paragraph.

Compelling reading. A fight for freedom. So many brave people risked and gave their life for our freedom; exciting and nerve wracking knowing that if caught their days are numbered. The hero's and heroines are the bravest of the brave.