The State Newspaper: Love and Espionage During World War II
Herman and Hedy Allen regaled their children their entire lives with stories of their courtship and wedding amid the intrigue and danger of World War II.
Little did the Allen siblings know they were only hearing one chapter.
Shortly after Hedy Allen’s death at age 86, her oldest daughter, Pat DiGeorge, carried home boxes of mementos her mother had saved for decades. She was able to piece together the incredible story of her parents meeting and marrying while dealing with counterespionage in Sweden in the final months of World War II. …
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/living/article112815458.html
The Local SE: A true story of love and espionage in WWII Sweden
In a guest blog for The Local, American author Pat DiGeorge explains how she retraced the mysterious activities of her parents in wartime Stockholm.
“In 1944, as World War II raged in Europe, neutral Sweden was thick with espionage. Representatives of all the combatant nations moved freely throughout the country. The American Legation in Stockholm sat at the center of one of the most important listening posts of the war. The Allies and the Germans openly conducted business in the same locales, wining and dining at adjoining tables in the restaurants and bars of the capital. Information critical to the war effort was being bought and sold, and anyone could be a spy.”
This is the first paragraph of Liberty Lady: A True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden, my recently published book. Since 2009, I have been researching the wartime activities of my parents, primarily those in Stockholm during 1944 and 1945.
In 2012, I took the first of two fact-finding trips to Sweden. With my son Johnny, we went on a veritable scavenger hunt to find the locales I had uncovered in my extensive WWII research.
Read more here: https://www.thelocal.se/20170330/a-true-story-of-love-and-espionage-in-wwii-sweden
Pop Politics
Variety editor Ted Johnson interviews Pat DiGeoge about her book Liberty Lady.
Listen to the entire interview here. First off, Ben Mankiewicz talks about It’s a Wonderful Life. Pat’s interview begins at 21.00.