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Title: The Maquis Connection, Revised Edition

Author: Sharon Karp, George A Karp

Narrator: Larry Bernstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-16

Publisher: Amber Mountain Press

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

George A. Karp, a Viennese Jewish doctor, tells the story of his family's miraculous escape from Nazi Europe. He travels across Vichy France and over the Pyrenees where his finally rescued by the French resistance - the Maquis. The Karp family's survival required incredible luck, perseverance and determination. They also depended on the help of the Jewish relief agencies, the Unitarians, and the Quakers. But most importantly, the Karp family's livelihood depended on the altruistic acts of strangers who risked their own lives to save them. This personal memoir is an uplifting and positive tale about a family that successfully works together to survive the war.

Members Reviews:

But this is a great book and a story that must be told

Full disclosure -- I know the author well. But this is a great book and a story that must be told. The book is a lot of things and it is not my place to say what it "is" -- read the book for that! But I and everyone I know who has read it has had strong reactions to it. The book and the DVD (about the same story) are quite different but each adds to the other. Excellent book to share in families with children. It's a story that must be told.

Beyond surviving the Holocaust, a family affair

One of the best books on the Holocaust giving a totally different viewpoint than most other fast reading books. I was given the book by the family. I've had other books by people I know and I usually read 1/3 to 1/2 but this book I could not put down. Even though the reader knows that the author and his wife survived, all the trials and tribulations are astonishing. I highly recommend this book. Also, it comes with a CD which gives the same story from George's wife who fills in a few gaps and adds to the story. Plus their three daughters and how being the offspring were affected by their parents' plight. Most Holocaust books don't mention how family members are affected.

but it is useful to look at both sides

The book is thought provoking for me both because of my own European Jewish heritage but also because of the refugee crisis the world is facing currently. As a refugee receiving country, the question is whether in the face of such heart wrenching human struggle should we focus on the macro or the micro. The salient message of this memoir is to focus on the micro. There is often a massive asymmetry between the interests of the state and the interests of individuals, especially when it comes to human rights crises, and sometimes the rules just need to be ignored. George and Gisi (the protagonists) faced several bureaucratic obstacles from the U.S. govt. before they could immigrate to The States, despite being obviously persecuted and in danger. Through the bravery of a variety of individuals who were willing to disobey, they were able to jump through these hoops and survive to build a family and life in the U.S. It is striking how impactful such disobedience can be to those helped, and how little it impacts a particular country on the human scale. Obviously mass immigration can have a different impact, but it is useful to look at both sides, and this memoir is a great reminder of the micro, human impact.