Escape
“It was August 20th, 1943. He pulled his musty blankets around his head, trying to gain some warmth from the rough, thin material. The light creeping in under his door told him it was morning. Ahead lay another day of interrogation and torture, just like every other day for the last two weeks.
As he drifted in and out of sleep he could hear noises. The prison was waking up. Far away, a door slammed. Guards shouted. Then, closer now, several heavy footsteps and the rattle of keys on a ring. T...he footsteps stopped outside his door, and the lock was drawn back. As the door opened, bright sunlight spilled in, and Devigny covered his eyes with his hand. Three German guards had come for him. One spoke curtly, in the few words of French he had learned at Montluc.
“Out. Now. Hurry.”
But Devigny was not taken away to be tortured. Instead, he was dragged before Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, and told he was to be shot within the next few days.MoreLess
As he drifted in and out of sleep he could hear noises. The prison was waking up. Far away, a door slammed. Guards shouted. Then, closer now, several heavy footsteps and the rattle of keys on a ring. T...he footsteps stopped outside his door, and the lock was drawn back. As the door opened, bright sunlight spilled in, and Devigny covered his eyes with his hand. Three German guards had come for him. One spoke curtly, in the few words of French he had learned at Montluc.
“Out. Now. Hurry.”
But Devigny was not taken away to be tortured. Instead, he was dragged before Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, and told he was to be shot within the next few days.MoreLess
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