Skip to main content

My father's secret war : a memoir / Lucinda Franks.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D810.S8 F734 2007

Overview

Summary: In this memoir, journalist Lucinda Franks describes her quest to learn to know her father. During World War II Thomas Franks served as spy in the Third Reich. In 1945 he was among the first soldiers into Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald near the town of Gotha, Germany. As Tom's dementia progresses, Lucinda gathers fragments of his memories in order to understand her father and his secrets.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Franks, Lucinda.
Published: New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion, [2007]
©2007
Locale: United States
Edition: First edition

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 140135226X
9781401352264
Physical Description: viii, 311 pages ; 25 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States. Spies--United States--Biography. Fathers and daughters--United States. Biographies. Franks, Thomas Edward. Franks, Lucinda.

Record last modified:: 2024-06-21 18:21:00
This page:: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib129896/

Additional Resources

Librarian View

Download & Licensing

Terms of Use
This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.

In-Person Research

Requires Research Visit
Plan a Research Visit
Check Nearby Libraries
Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD

Availability

Contact Us

Give Feedback

Learn About the Holocaust

These additional online resources from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history.

Holocaust Encyclopedia

The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories.
Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center

Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.

Further Your Research