With The Righteous, an eminent historian presents the unsung heroes of the Holocaust.
Drawing from twenty-five years of original research, Sir Martin Gilbert re-creates the remarkable stories of non-Jews who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust.
According to Jewish tradition, Whoever saves one life, it is as if he saved the entire world. Non-Jews who helped save Jewish lives during World War II are designated Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust archive in Jerusalem. In
The Righteous, distinguished historian Sir Martin Gilbert, through extensive interviews, explores the courage of those who-throughout Germany and in every occupied country from Norway to Greece, from the Atlantic to the Baltic-took incredible risks to help Jews whose fate would have been sealed without them. Indeed, many lost their lives for their efforts.
Those who hid Jews included priests, nurses, teachers, neighbors and friends, employees and colleagues, soldiers and diplomats, and, above all, ordinary citizens. From Greek Orthodox Princess Alice of Greece, who hid Jews in her home in Athens, to the Ukrainian Uniate Archbishop of Lvov, who hid hundreds of Jews in his churches and monasteries, to Muslims in Bosnia and Albania, many risked, and lost, everything to help their fellow man.
Author: Martin GilbertPublisher: Holt McDougal
Published: 02/01/2004
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9780805062618
ISBN10: 0805062610
BISAC Categories:-
History |
Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust-
History |
Jewish | General-
History |
Wars & Conflicts | World War II | GeneralAbout the Author
Martin Gilbert is the author of eight books on Holocaust themes, a subject on which he has been writing for forty years. In 1995 he was knighted for services to British history and international relations.
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