Defiant Diplomat : George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941

Edited by Fletcher, Willard Allen; Edited by Tucker Fletcher, Jean

Drafted while events were fresh in his mind in 1942-1943, Alabama-born American diplomat George Platt Waller's memoir chronicles his war-time experience in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In vivid prose, he recalls the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, the "Phony War," the German invasion of May 10, 1940, and the Wehrmacht occupation. Intimately involved with the political and public life of this small democratic nation, Waller did not follow Grand Duchess Charlotte and her government into exile. Instead, he remained as long as he could to witness and champion the Luxembourg people, doing his best to rescue the flood of refugees seeking visas and asylum in the United States. Waller bitterly condemns the Nazi civilian administration, its oppressive racial laws, and its attempts to annex the country to Germany under the banner of Heim ins Reich. From his pivotal position as dean of the diplomatic community, representative of the powerful United States; and trusted confidant of leaders, executives, and citizens alike, Waller was privy to information from a wide range of sources: government, military, the church, the professions, the resistance, ordinary people, and refugees. He narrates gripping accounts of individual initiative and courage and exposes the many official hindrances to the timely rescue of refugees. His observations shed new light on life in Luxembourg from 1939 to 1941, when he was finally expelled from the country. The editors' introduction places this brief but highly significant memoir in the context of Waller's family background, education, and career, including his dramatic return to Luxembourg at its liberation by American troops in 1944 and his participation in the Grand Duchy's postwar renaissance. Extensive annotations and photographs complement the text.

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  • Acknowledgments Foreword Editors' Introduction THEY NEVER FOUND A QUISLING Frontispiece Dedication Epigraph Preface Chapter 1. Ante-Chamber to Paradise 2. Thunder on the Moselle 3. The Sitz-Krieg 4. The Evening of the Ninth of May 5. So Fair and Foul a Day I Have Not Seen 6. General Gullmann Calls 7. The Diplomats Depart 8. Belgium after the Surrender 9. German Generals Toast the President 10. I Become Consul 11. A Visit from the R.A.F. 12. Pack und Gesindel 13. The Volksdeutsche Bewegung 14. Cologne 15. Persecution of Luxembourg Jews 16. The Cure of Moersdorf 17. The Gauleiter Embarks on Educational Reform 18. Into the Dustbin with the Golle Fra, the Army, and the Law 19. It's not so Simple, French to German 20. Underground Organizations 21. The Nine O'Clock Mass 22. Cologne Revisited 23. The Comforter of the Afflicted 24. In Sure and Certain Hope Epilogue Editors' Afterword Abbreviations Bibliography Index About the Editors

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書名 Defiant Diplomat : George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941
著作者等 Tucker Fletcher, Jean
Fletcher, Willard Allen
書名別名 George Platt Waller: American Consul in Nazi-occupied Luxembourg, 1939-1941
出版元 University of Delaware Press
刊行年月 2012.04.12
ページ数 272p
大きさ H238 x W165
ISBN 9781611493986
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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