Amrit Kaur was a Punjabi princess who lived in Paris in the 1930s, and who sold her jewellery to help save Jews. Arrested by the Gestapo, she died in a concentration camp.
In Search of Amrit Kaur: An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris
£25.00
Edition:Hardback978178474119812/01/2023
Categories: 01. New Year 2023: Biography & Memoir, Biography, Letters & Diaries, New Year 2023
Tags: India, Paris, South Asia, WW2
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