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#1 2005-07-25 07:46:59
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Re: 2 World War II-era books I'm reading
*Saw and purchased these two titles at Barnes & Noble yesterday:
Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P. McIntosh. Female U.S. espionage agents during WWII. Apparently Marlene Dietrich and Julia Child were part of OSS (Office of Strategic Services -- CIA forerunner) covert activities. Is a collection of individual incidents. Its author/compiler was herself an OSS agent.
"Defense of the republic has never been a male monopoly; and in Sisterhood of Spies Elizabeth McIntosh does justice to the brave and resourceful women who served the nation so well in the OSS during the tense days of the Second World War." -- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"For the first time, the complete story of the women of the OSS has been written by one of their own. I remember well the OSS women working with the resistance when I parachuted into occupied France. They packed our parachutes, decoded our messages, forged our identity papers and mapped terrain where we were to operate. Betty McIntosh has done a superb job of telling the story of these women who served in America's first organized and integrated intelligence agency." -- Maj. Gen. John J. Singlaub, USA.
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The Man With the Miraculous Hands. Concerns Dr. Felix Kersten, physician to Himmler; written by Joseph Kessel.
"This book chronicles the career of Dr. Felix Kersten, a gifted physician whose most infamous patient was Nazi SS chief Heinrich Himmler. Kersent, an alternative-medicine specialist, could alleviate Himmler's severe and chronic abdominal pain using massage and manipulation, therapy so effective that Himmler came to depend on Kersten. Kersten boldly used the resulting emotional leverage over Himmler to win release from the fate of the Gestapo for victims of Nazi persection, first a few at a time, then in increasing numbers until thousands of Jews and other persecuted peoples were saved. The Man With the Miraculous Hands is a stirring account of a little-known miracle of WWII."
I've not heard of this man before, IIRC. It's a very good book and is one of two concerning Dr. Felix Kersten. They estimate he may have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
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#2 2005-07-28 13:14:06
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Re: 2 World War II-era books I'm reading
The Man With the Miraculous Hands. Concerns Dr. Felix Kersten, physician to Himmler; written by Joseph Kessel.
"This book chronicles the career of Dr. Felix Kersten, a gifted physician whose most infamous patient was Nazi SS chief Heinrich Himmler. Kersent, an alternative-medicine specialist, could alleviate Himmler's severe and chronic abdominal pain using massage and manipulation, therapy so effective that Himmler came to depend on Kersten. Kersten boldly used the resulting emotional leverage over Himmler to win release from the fate of the Gestapo for victims of Nazi persection, first a few at a time, then in increasing numbers until thousands of Jews and other persecuted peoples were saved. The Man With the Miraculous Hands is a stirring account of a little-known miracle of WWII."
I've not heard of this man before, IIRC. It's a very good book and is one of two concerning Dr. Felix Kersten. They estimate he may have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
*Just now found this excellent article about Dr. Kersten:
http://www.massagemag.com/2003/issue104 … 4.htm]Read Me
I've been reading both books and highly recommend them. 
--Cindy
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