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Lädt ... Sie waren stille Helden (1992)von Eric Silver
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. There are some amazing stories in here, including several I hadn't heard of. Like the British POW who escaped his detention camp 19 times, smuggled arms to the Polish resistance, sabotaged the war effort, sent coded letters home to British intelligence, and saved over 400 Jews in Auschwitz. (Ironically, his last name was Coward.) This is a lot like Mordecai Paldiel's book The Righteous Among the Nations: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust, except not so intimidatingly long. Recommended for adults and children age 12 and up. ( ) Brief and well written. The author asks a question that in the end he admits has no definitive answer: what led people to risk their lives to rescue Jews during WWII? But the discussion of the question with examples of specific events make the book worth reading. I especially liked the more historically accurate picture of Oskar Schindler. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Israel has honored more than 10,000 men and women who risked their lives, freedom, and careers to save Jews in a Nazi Europe where it was open season for their systematic and random slaughter. The Book of the Just tells the stories of forty of these "righteous among the nations," unsung heroes of the Holocaust, ordinary people who showed extraordinary courage, daring, and simple human decency in the face of almost unspeakable horror - at a time when most people looked the other way. They came from many countries, religions, and walks of life, but they all shared a burning faith in individual responsibility and a passionate commitment to justice.
These are dramatic and inspiring accounts, usually in the words of the rescuers and those they rescued, ranging from a German factory manager who saved 1,500 employees in Galicia; to a Portuguese consul in Bordeaux who wrote visas for 10,000 Jews in three days; to a British prisoner of war who traded dead Jews for the living; to a Swiss Red Cross worker who broke the rules of neutrality by shielding thousands of Jews in Budapest; to a Japanese consul who rescued the children of an entire yeshivah. By using personal testimonies, Eric Silver vividly conveys the anguish of the hunted, the bravery of their liberators, and the constant fear of betrayal, discovery, persecution, and execution that haunted them both. The Book of the Just is riveting oral history, a powerful contribution to Holocaust literature, an act of remembrance and commemoration, and a salute to all those who helped to save a whole world by saving even just one life. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.53History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War IIKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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