Le Havre - Pierre Gerard

The late Pierre Gerard's historical war romance, "Le Havre," poignantly portrays the atrocities of war, and what happens when individuals and nations either ignore, unite with or combat those whose deliberate and declared intent is to intimidate, persecute, dominate and annihilate other people and countries of the world.

We learn about the boundless bravery that was France's salvation during those terrifying, turbulent years. We experience patriotism and discover the ultimate meaning of devotion to one's country through ingenuity and self-sacrifice. We taste the unleashed, incomprehensible evil that man is capable of and the horrific anguish and extermination the Nazis successfully executed against Jews, dissidents, and those they deemed different and inferior, and therefore, unworthy of life.

We go through the early warning signs of tyranny and easily get engrossed in the intensity and importance of defending oneself, one's culture and one's homeland against radical, racist and immoral intruders. We are reminded that the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual carnage of World War II continues to haunt and hound us even today. And so, "Le Havre" is significant not just for France and Europe during World War II, as the ramifications of this historical novel and era also apply to present and future civilizations, all free world nations, and the planet.

With this in mind, it is my hope that the reader be awakened and inspired by the passion and positive activism of The French Resistance. Let this work guide mankind in the current battle against terrorism to preserve justice, morality, and independence for all, and respect for our Creator and His creations.

Contents

Chapter 1: Shattering the Silence of the Night

Chapter 2: Looking for Ghosts Again

Chapter 3: The Invisible and Powerful Force of the French Resistance

Chapter 4: Waiting for Marie-Claude

Chapter 5: I Love You

Chapter 6: SS Normandie

Chapter 7: The Beach

Chapter 8: German Occupation

Chapter 9: Another Debacle Will be Brought Upon the French People

Chapter 10: A Time They Would Forever Treasure

Chapter 11: They are Never to be Trusted! Ah La Vache

Chapter 12: I Will Always Have a Piece of Bread for My Friend, Lucie

Chapter 13: A Fine Line between Traitors and Heroes

Chapter 14: A Den Filled with Treacherous Snakes

Chapter 15: Verboten!

Chapter 16: I Don't Want to Dig Any More Graves

Chapter 17: The Steady Drone of an Approaching Aircraft

Chapter 18: They Have Faces Like Ice, Vacant as an Empty Box

Chapter 19: Psychologically Soiling His Pants

Chapter 20: Welcome to France, My British Friend

Chapter 21: Are These the Miracle Machines That'll Help Us Win the War?

Chapter 22: Le Bosch Have Been Tipped Off! They are Coming!

Chapter 23: The Transmitter, How Long Will It Take Us to Master It?

Chapter 24: Looks Like a Ghost, Captain, Doesn't It?

Chapter 25: They Hung Me Up on a Hook and Beat Me Like a Piece of Beef... Bon, Ready to Go?

Chapter 26: Nous Nous Battons Jusqu'a la Fin de la Guerre-We Fight Until the End of the War

Chapter 27: Collabo!

Chapter 28: Soaring Like a Seabird Above the White Surf

Chapter 29: Unterseaboot-377 is a Symbol of Pride

Chapter 30: Why is U-377 So Important?

Chapter 31: I Want the Villa!

Chapter 32: Jam the Stations!

Chapter 33: One More Meal the German's Will Not Get

Chapter 34: Promise the World, But Give Him Nothing

Chapter 35: If Mother Superior Could See Us Now!

Chapter 36: Beethoven's First Symphony/Screaming as if a Stricken Animal Caught in a Snare

Chapter 37: Snapped Up in the Air Like an Elastic Cord

Chapter 38: The Night is Long

Afterword

About the Author

A Personal Note

Appendix I: Historical Consequences of Division

Appendix: II: Jihad's Nazi Connections

Glossary

50 photos and illustrations

2 maps