Bissley, Giselle: my French Red Cross recollections (March 25, 2012)

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Bissley, Giselle: my French Red Cross recollections (March 25, 2012)
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Assuntos: Allied Forces--Special Service Force, 1st ; Allied Forces--Special Service Force, 1st--Canadian Special Service Battalion, 1st ; Allied Forces--Special Service Force, 1st--Nurses ; Allied Forces--Special Service Force, 1st--Reunions ; Ambulance drivers ; Ambulance service ; Armistices ; Castillon-du-Gard (France) ; Children and war ; Civil-military relations ; Croix-Rouge franc?aise ; D-Day, 1944 (Normandy invasion) ; Evacuation of civilians ; France--Colonies--Africa ; France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945 ; France--Politics and government--1940-1945 ; Frederick, Robert Tryon, 1907-1970 ; Hidden children (Holocaust) ; Jewish children in the Holocaust--France ; Jews--France ; Liaisons ; Marseille (France) ; Menton (France) ; Military attache?s ; Military history ; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei ; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--Schutzstaffel ; Negotiation ; Nurses ; Operation Dragoon, 1944 ; Operation Overlord ; Prisoners of war--France ; Prisoners of war--Germany ; Red Cross and Red Crescent ; Soldiers ; Soldiers, German ; Sospel (France) ; V-E Day, 1945 ; Waffen-SS ; War wounds ; Women in war ; Women spies ; World War (1939-1945) ; World War, 1939-1945--Armistices--France ; World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Germany ; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North ; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy ; World War, 1939-1945--Children--France ; World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--France ; World War, 1939-1945--France ; World War, 1939-1945--France--Red Cross ; World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France ; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care ; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Canadian ; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons ; World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France ; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Red Cross
Descrição: At the outbreak of the Second World War Giselle Bissley volunteered as a nurse for the French Red Cross. She was trained mainly in battle field wounds and was one of the few French citizens allowed to travel freely between the Vichy and occupied zones. She was involved in evacuating children from France. She worked as a nurse for the First Special Service Force during the liberation of Southern France and later joined the regular French Army. 0:00 – 2:17 – Early work with the Red Cross 2:32 – 3:14 – Working with the Germans, Nazi hardliners vs. regular soldiers 3:14 – 5:00 – Work with Red Cross in Southern France, hopes for liberation 5:00 –12:00– Problems with the resistance, first meeting with FSSF, lack of food and potable water in France at the time, curfews 12:00 –17:50-First work with FSSF, first impressions, esprit de corps within the unit 17:50- 21:00 – Lasting friendships within the Force 21:00- 26:57- Vehement disagreement with the question of poor discipline in the last months of the force’s existence 26:57- 28:44- Disbandment of the force, the last supper 28:45 – 36: 45- Work with the American army, whirlwind wedding services, secret meeting in England, suspicions of being a German spy 36: 45 – 39:37- First Special Service reunions 39:37- 43:15- Meeting members of the force back in England 43:15- 46:23-Transfer from Red Cross to the French Army, work with the US Army 46:23- 50: 54- last description of the FSSF, conclusio Interviewee: Bissley, Giselle, b. 1920 An interview/narrative of Giselle Bissley's experiences whilst serving with the French Red Cross. Interview took place on March 25, 2012. Interviewer: Lundeberg, Faelan
Editor: University of Victoria Libraries
Data de criação/publicação: 2012
Idioma: Inglês

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