righteous gentiles in the holocaust

This engrossing volume educates readers about some of the noteworthy righteous gentiles and groups who stood to lose everything as they aided, hid, and fought for the Jews with words as well as weapons.

Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.

In a unique, intensely moving memoir, Erin Einhorn finds the family in Poland who saved her mother from the Holocaust. But instead of a joyful reunion, Erin unearths a dispute that forces her to navigate the increasingly bitter crossroads between memory and truth.

This volume on the Holocaust presents excerpted documents that reflect the experiences of oppressors, resisters, liberators, witnesses, and survivors.

Tells the stories of dozens of gentiles who defied the Third Reich by aiding and sheltering Jews inside Nazi-dominated Europe during World War II.