The List: A World War II Short Story Set in France

France, December 1941. The Occupied Zone is under the German yoke, but resistance is intensifying and a high-ranking German officer is shot dead in Western France. Fifty hostages are shot in retaliation, and 50 more will be executed if the killers are not handed over.Jewish communist Joseph Mazelier is on the list. His wife begs Countess Ida, a former opera singer, to risk her own life to help Mazelier escape. Will Ida agree?**Attention: This story was previously published in the anthology Pearl Harbor and More: Stories of December 1941. If you own that anthology, do not buy this book."I thought it was brilliant." Ellie Keaton, author of the Women and War series."A wonderful story...Tense and evocative, it brought to mind the work of my personal historical hero, Nicholas Winton. Wonderful." Screenwiper