| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Prologue: "He who saves one life..." --Empty sympathies -- The blood-soaked earth -- "In a short time, it will be too late" -- A crime without a name -- "They are dying. That's all." -- Asking after Aunt Darka -- No time to lose -- Death casts its shadow -- "My God, why have you forsaken me?" -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"In The Forgers, Roger Moorhouse unfolds this never-before-told history Holocaust resistance, illuminating the remarkable story of Polish diplomats, Jewish activists, Japanese bureaucrats, and ordinary people the world over who systematically forged as many as 10,000 passports and saved hundreds, potentially thousands, of Jewish lives. Drawing upon first-hand accounts and survivor testimony with new research and revelations about the Lados Group, Moorhouse unspools the lives, work, and valor of Aleksander Lados, Stefan Ryniewicz, Konstanty Rokicki, Juliusz Kuhl, Chaim Eiss, Abraham Silberschein, six members of the Polish government-in-exile who seized an opportunity to do good in the face of a world at war"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Grupa Ładosia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Switzerland.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.
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Identification cards -- Forgeries -- Poland.
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Forgery -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
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Identification cards -- Forgeries -- Switzerland.
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Forgery -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century.
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Diplomatic and consular service, Polish -- Switzerland.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation |
| ISBN |
9781541619852 hardcover : $32.00 |
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1541619854 hardcover |
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