Mississippi Business Journal » World War II http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Occupied Paris full of adventure for American woman http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/15/occupied-paris-full-of-adventure-for-american-woman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=occupied-paris-full-of-adventure-for-american-woman http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/15/occupied-paris-full-of-adventure-for-american-woman/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:25:41 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=69868 “The Last Time I Saw Paris” by Lynn Sheene It’s difficult to imagine that anyone in 1940 — even a Manhattan socialite — could have been unaware that German forces had moved into Paris. However, those were the days without instant news at everyone’s finger tips. As improbable as it may be, it makes a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/15/occupied-paris-full-of-adventure-for-american-woman/feed/ 0 A beautiful love story and memorable escape are rediscovered http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-beautiful-love-story-and-memorable-escape-are-rediscovered/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-beautiful-love-story-and-memorable-escape-are-rediscovered http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-beautiful-love-story-and-memorable-escape-are-rediscovered/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:01:17 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=65159 This memoir is a true love story rediscovered. It is the simply written account of how a strong-willed young Jewish milliner stalwartly managed to escape Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria, along with her husband, Walter. They made their way across Europe, finally settling in London where Trudi was able to regain her standing as a designer of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/a-beautiful-love-story-and-memorable-escape-are-rediscovered/feed/ 0 Espionage, atmosphere and history in Istanbul at the dawn of the Cold War http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/espionage-atmosphere-and-history-in-istanbul-at-the-dawn-of-the-cold-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=espionage-atmosphere-and-history-in-istanbul-at-the-dawn-of-the-cold-war http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/espionage-atmosphere-and-history-in-istanbul-at-the-dawn-of-the-cold-war/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:01:31 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=58884 Frankly, in this age of cyberspace the business of spying isn’t what it used to be. While it may be relevant, who wants to read about computer hackers? Give me the old-fashioned under-cover, cat-and-mouse game of espionage among dark streets — and sometimes glamour — of European and Russian locales when the heroes were not [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/espionage-atmosphere-and-history-in-istanbul-at-the-dawn-of-the-cold-war/feed/ 0 Larson examines life for Americans living in Nazi Germany http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/book-biz-what-life-was-like-for-americans-living-in-nazi-germany-in-the-1930s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-biz-what-life-was-like-for-americans-living-in-nazi-germany-in-the-1930s http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/book-biz-what-life-was-like-for-americans-living-in-nazi-germany-in-the-1930s/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:01:17 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=56042 Continuing my fascination with books about World War II, I recently read “In the Garden of Beasts”, a work of non-fiction that describes what life was like for Americans living in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. If the pages of notes and sources in the back of the book are any indication, this book was [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/22/book-biz-what-life-was-like-for-americans-living-in-nazi-germany-in-the-1930s/feed/ 0 Letters exchanged between American and French cousins detail postwar life http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/20/letters-exchanged-between-american-and-french-cousins-detail-postwar-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letters-exchanged-between-american-and-french-cousins-detail-postwar-life http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/20/letters-exchanged-between-american-and-french-cousins-detail-postwar-life/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:33 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=48685 Interest in World War II stories has not waned. The period immediately following the war; how people adjusted and rebuilt their lives is also of interest but is not as widely known. “Dearest Arlette” by former long time Bay St. Louis resident Emily Hosmer de Montluzin details life in the postwar years of 1945 to [...]

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