Humbert's diary really is riveting. Humbert was a founding member of a resistance group in France during occupation by the Nazis in WWII. Her diary describes not only the fall of France and founding a resistance group, but her imprisonment once she is caught and imprisoned. The bulk of the diary, in fact, describes her imprisonment and her experiences at work camps. The book itself presents a view that isn't too often seen in America. Some details that stand out are the reasons while some of her fellow prisoners were jailed. One woman, a German, was jailed because she traded her meat ration to get shoes for her children. Another woman got her husband extra sausage, was sent to the work camp for dealing on the black market, and then her husband divorced her. Humbert also includes her experiences helping to round up Nazis after the Americans take over her work camp. Humbert's voice is fresh, easy to read, and, of course, very French.
