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UNDERGROUND EUROPE
UNDERGROUND EUROPE
Author: Curt Riess
Condition: Fair
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Rare: 1942 Edition, distributed during the war. Dust Jacket missing
Underground Europe delivers a gripping, on‑the‑ground portrait of the clandestine resistance that sprang up across Nazi‑occupied Europe, drawn from Curt Riess’s work as a journalist in direct contact with underground fighters. Riess traces secret networks, sabotage missions and the alliances that sustained them, combining suspenseful reportage with intimate character sketches that illuminate the moral dilemmas and personal sacrifices of ordinary men and women who risked everything to oppose tyranny. Written from a contemporary 1942 perspective, the narrative marries wartime intrigue with a humanist sensibility, offering readers a rare window into the shadowy world of espionage, propaganda and grassroots rebellion during the early years of World War II.
Published by The Dial Press in 1942, this non‑fiction, journalistic account is valued as a contemporary primary perspective rather than a technical military study; descriptions emphasize social and political history over detailed operations or equipment. Curt Riess’s background as a journalist who worked closely with resistance figures lends the book credibility and immediacy. Specifics about visual content (maps, photographs) and later bibliographic identifiers (ISBN) are not clearly documented in available descriptions, and the availability and rarity of original editions vary for collectors and historians seeking first‑edition copies.
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Keywords, content and topics in this Book
Keywords, content and topics in this Book
Title: Underground Europe
Author: Curt Riess
Type of book
Non‑fiction
Journalistic / contemporary report
Political and social history of World War II era Europe
Study of resistance and opposition movements
Chronological scope
Pre‑World War II Europe (inter‑war background)
Early Second World War period (up to 1942)
Geographic / theater focus
European theater
Continental Europe under or threatened by Nazi domination
Occupied and collaborationist states in Europe
Main nations and political actors
Focus of the book
Illegal political organizations and clandestine networks
Political opposition, dissent, and anti‑Nazi activism in occupied and Axis‑aligned countries
Underground press and propaganda
Espionage and clandestine communication as tools of resistance (described journalistically)
Social and psychological climate under occupation and dictatorship
Theaters / fronts explicitly or clearly implied
European Home Front (occupied and Axis Europe)
Occupation regimes and internal resistance in Western and Central Europe
Operations / campaigns
(No specific named military operations or campaigns are clearly documented in accessible descriptions; the book treats resistance and underground activity in general.)
Weapons / vehicles
(No particular weapons systems or vehicles are identified in available descriptions; the emphasis is political and social rather than technical.)
Visual content
Notable figures and organizations (as indicated in contemporary review / descriptions)
Descriptive and thematic keywords (grounded in available sources)
European resistance
Anti‑Nazi underground
Underground movements in occupied Europe
Clandestine political opposition
Secret organizations and networks
Occupied countries – social conditions
Dictatorship and dissent
Nazi occupation – Europe
Fascism and resistance
Vichy France – opposition
Propaganda and counter‑propaganda in wartime Europe
Pre‑Cold War European political currents
Contemporary 1942 perspective on WWII resistance
Journalistic account of underground Europe
Classification (suggested cataloging tags)
World War, 1939‑1945 – Occupied territories – Europe
World War, 1939‑1945 – Underground movements – Europe
World War, 1939‑1945 – Political aspects – Europe
Anti‑Nazi movements – Europe – History – 20th century
Resistance (Political science) – Europe – History
Fascism – Europe – Opposition
National socialism – Europe – Opposition
Europe – Politics and government – 1918‑1945
Journalists’ accounts of World War II
Book Condition: Fair
Book Condition: Fair
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