Synopsis
On June 5, 1944, the eve of D day, Isaac Levendel's mother left the farm in southern France, where she and her son had gone to escape the Nazis, to make a brief trip home to pick up the last of their belongings. She never returned. For more than forty years Levendel was tormented by her disappearance. Finally, in 1990, he began to look for answers. He found shocking evidence of widespread French collaboration and government collusion with the Nazis. Levendel's story is a powerful exploration of a shameful chapter in history.
About the
Isaac Levendel was born in France in 1936. He moved to Israel in 1957 to study engineering, teach school, and live on a kibbutz. In 1974, he, his wife, and their children came to the United States. His story has been featured in Chicago magazine and on the television show Dateline NBC . Levendel lives in Naperville, Illinois.
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About the Author
Levendel moved from France to Israel in 1957 to study engineering, teach school, and live on a kibbutz. He married shortly after, and in 1974 he, his wife, and their children moved to the U.S. He is a computer scientist.
Robert O. Paxton is professor of history emeritus at Columbia University. A specialist in the history of western Europe in the era of the two world wars, he has written extensively on France under Nazi occupation, including VICHY FRANCE: OLD GUARD AND NEW ORDER (Columbia University Press, 2001) and VICHY FRANCE AND THE JEWS (Stanford University Press, 1995). His most recent work is THE ANATOMY OF FASCISM (Alfred Knopf, 2004).
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