The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II - Hardcover
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The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II
When World War I ended, hundreds of British veterans stayed in France to work for the newly chartered Imperial War Graves Commission. Through the 1920s and 1930s, these veteran-gardeners married local women, raised bilingual children, and dedicated themselves to caring for the graves of their fallen comrades.
When World War II swept through Europe in 1940, more than 200 War Graves gardeners were...
Caitlin Galante DeAngelis is an internationally renowned expert on cemeteries. She earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University with a dissertation on the political histories of cemeteries in Britain and America. Formerly a lecturer at Harvard, she was also employed by the President of the university to write a proprietary report about Harvard's historical ties to slavery.
DeAngelis has been interviewed...
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