34 Rue Neuve. My Grandmother's Tobacco Shop
34 Rue Neuve. My Grandmother's Tobacco Shop

34 Rue Neuve. My Grandmother's Tobacco Shop

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In 2014, William Irigoyen stumbles upon a few lines written by his grandmother and embarks on a family investigation that plunges us into the byways of a place virtually unknown in the "capital of the Resistance", where victims, perpetrators and collaborators crossed paths.

Why keep silent when you are on the "right side" of history? At 34 Rue Neuve in Lyon, during the Second World War, Mireille Poulet, a Jewish woman identified by the Vichy regime, runs a tobacco shop. She is not merely a shopkeeper: she plays a key role in a Resistance network linked to the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA, thereby defying the German occupation.

For more than a year, she managed to evade the vigilance of an Abwehr agent, the Nazi counter-intelligence service hunting down "terrorists".

A captivating account that blends courage, secrets and resilience.

 

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Author 1
William Irigoyen
Publication date
February 2026
Pages
266
Cover
Paperback
Format
13.5 cm × 21.5 cm
Language
French
Publisher
Fayard

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