On the 70th
Anniversary of the end of World War II, journalist Charles Kaiser has written the
untold story of one of the leaders of the French Resistance and his family’s terrible
sacrifice during World War II.
On
Monday, June 8, at 1:30 p.m., Charles Kaiser will speak at the Central Queens Y
in Forest Hills on his new book, The Cost of Courage: The True Story of One Family in the French
Resistance.
Charles Kaiser tells the story of Andre
Boulloche, who coordinated the Resistance in northern France until he
was betrayed by one of his comrades, and arrested by the Gestapo. His sisters
carried on the fight without him until the end of the war. While
Andre and one sister survived concentration camps, the Gestapo killed their
parents and an older brother. After the war, André and his two sisters
rebuilt their lives and Andre became a prominent French politician. None
of them ever spoke about what had happened. Journalist Charles Kaiser tells at
last the story of their remarkable courage and terrible sacrifice.
Mr. Kaiser’s talk is at the Central Queens YM
& YWHA, at 67-09 108 Street in Forest Hills. All events are open to the general public,
with an $8 donation requested.
After the
war, the three remaining Boulloche siblings, Christiane, Jacqueline, and André,
rebuilt their lives, raising ten children among them, and never spoke about
what transpired. Silence had been the
Boulloche’s answer to dealing with the unbearable.
With the
family’s decision to break their silence, journalist Charles Kaiser was able to
tell their remarkable story for the first time. Kasier first heard the story from his uncle,
an American lieutenant stationed in Paris,
living with the Boulloche sisters, immediately after the Liberation of
Paris. A long time reporter for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Charles Kaiser was able to reconstruct the
remarkable story of the Boulloche family from extensive interviews with
surviving family members, as well personal letters.
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