The Art of Resistance My Four Years in the French Underground

Justus Rosenberg, a 98-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor, shares his gripping memoir in The Art of Resistance. At just sixteen, Justus was sent to Paris by his parents to finish his education in safety as the Nazi Party began to tighten its grip on Danzig. However, when the Nazis began to advance towards Paris in 1940, Justus was forced to flee south to Toulouse. There, a chance encounter with American journalist Varian Fry led him to join a refugee network aiding thousands of Jews in escaping Nazi territory. Justus was ideally positioned to work for Fry, given his German background, French cultural understanding, and fluency in several languages, including English. He mastered an underworld of counterfeit documents, whispered passwords, black market currency, and clandestine mountain passes. Justus spent the rest of the war working for Fry and later the French Resistance, helping to provide safe passage for many intellectuals and artists on the run from the Nazis. The Art of Resistance is an epic saga of survival, with the soul of a spy thriller, that chronicles Justus's personal triumph as he survived the war through a rare combination of good fortune, resourcefulness, optimism, and kindness from many good people.