righteous gentiles in the holocaust

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righteous gentiles in the holocaust

Resisters, rescuers, and refugees

historical and ethical issues
1997

The path of the righteous

gentile rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust
1993

A legion of honor

a novel
1995
Young Marcel Boussant is working to smuggle Jews out of France in 1942 when he meets and falls in love with Isabelle, a woman whose husband has been taken by the Nazis, and gives her the faith and guidance she needs to enable her to escape across the border into Switzerland with her newborn son.

Forging freedom

a true story of heroism during the Holocaust
2012
Chronicles the brave exploits of Jaap Penraat, a young Dutch man, who risked his life during World War II to save the lives of over 400 Jews.

Do right and fear no one

the Paul Gruninger story
2002
Ruth Gruninger learns how her father helped numerous Jewish families escape Nazi persecution during World War II.

Emil and Karl

2008
In Vienna, Austria, in 1940, two nine-year-old boys, one Jewish and one Aryan, are classmates and best friends when events of the Nazi occupation draw them even closer together as they fight to survive and escape together.

Lost hero

Raoul Wallenberg's dramatic quest to save the Jews of Hungary
2001
Tells the story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who was personally responsible for saving the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews in the waning days of World War II, and who was arrested by the Soviet Government on unknown charges and imprisoned, never to be heard from again.

Rescuers

portraits of moral courage in the Holocaust
1992
Contains personal narratives and color portraits of forty-nine men and women who risked everything to save Jews marked for death during the Holocaust, providing a picture of their lives before, during, and after the war, and discussing the reasons why they took their heroic actions.

Varian Fry

2008
A brief biography of American Varian Fry who, during World War II in France, helped over two thousand Jewish refugees escape from the Nazis.

Behind the bedroom wall

2006
Thirteen-year-old Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind Korinna's bedroom wall.

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