Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2017

A comienzos de 1930 Nancy Wake disfrutaba la vida bohemia de París. Antes de que finalizara la Segunda Guerra Mundial era la persona más buscada por la Gestapo. Después de ser testigo de la crueldad de la violencia nazi en Viena, Nancy se prometió a sí misma que haría todo lo que estuviera en sus manos para liberar Europa de su presencia. Su primera misión, hacer de correo entre los miembros de la Résistance, la llevó a organizar una eficacísima red de fuga para prisioneros aliados en Francia, tan eficaz que no tuvo más remedio que huir del país al saber que la Gestapo la tenía...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Este libro descubre una Guerra Civil española desnuda de épica e idealismo, en la que miles de hombres desafiaron el reclutamiento obligatorio y encontraron en la deserción la única vía de escape a los horrores del frente de combate. Pedro Corral ha rastreado las huellas de los españoles llamados a filas que escaparon por centenares a los montes o que buscaron recomendaciones en la retaguardia para no ser movilizados; combatientes asesinados desde sus propias trincheras al intentar evadirse; soldados que se dispararon a las extremidades para ser evacuados; ancianos y niños encarcelados ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...