Muriel's War: An American Heiress in the Nazi Resistance

An American heiress turned resistance hero Muriel Gardiner was an electrifying woman who impressed everyone she met with her beauty intelligence and powerful personality. Her adventurous life led her from Chicagos high society to a Viennese medical school from Sigmund Freuds inner circle to the Austrian underground. Over the years she saved countless Jews and anti-fascists providing shelter and documents ensuring their escape. This remarkable womans life as a legend of the Austrian Resistance was captured in the movie Julia with Vanessa Redgrave and remains an inspiration to all those who believe that one individual can change the world. Gardiners astonishing story is told here for the first time in all its variety and unanticipated twists and turns.