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Scott Head
Aug 30, 2020 rated it really liked it
A tragic look at the nature of the flawed individual. A touching story, ultimately of redemption of self and making right a wrong that wasn't even so wrong. Chavel, the French lawyer, finds himself imprisoned by the Nazis in WWII, and ends up trading his life's worth - house, money, stocks - for his life. A decree has been made by his captors that ten men shall be shot in the morning in retribution for some un-named resistance action. The man who took the trade, Janvier, was executed in his plac ...more
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