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Espionage

1952

The White Rabbit: The Secret Agent the Gestapo Could Not Crack


Bruce Marshall - 1952
    Yeo-Thomas, aka “The White Rabbit,” parachuted into France to aid the Resistance; two years later the Gestapo seized him and unleashed all their power to make him give up information…  Chilling and unforgettable.

Spy-Catcher


Oreste Pinto - 1952
    When World War II broke out, he was immediately called upon to help screen all aliens coming into England.In September, 1942, at the request of the Dutch Government-in-Exile in London, he was transferred to the Netherlands army to reorganize its Counter-Intelligence Mission attached to SHAEF, thus coming directly under General Eisenhower. During the Normandy campaign, with a staff of seven Dutch officers and men, it was his duty to see to the security of the armies moving up through France and Belgium into Holland. During this period he also worked with the OSS and with the U.S. Navy.At the close of the war he did special investigation work in Hamburg, where he stayed until his "retirement" in 1948. He now makes his headquarters in London.