righteous gentiles in the holocaust

Describes the efforts of Elsie K?hn-Leitz, the daughter of a famous German industrialist, to save a Jewish woman from the Nazis, for which she was imprisoned by the Gestapo.

A biography of the Swedish diplomat who helped save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis before mysteriously disappearing when the Russians occupied Budapest.

Profiles rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust that have been honored by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial as Righteous Gentiles.

Contains twenty-eight true stories about people who were willing to risk their lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II.

Documents the true story of Warsaw Zoo keepers and resistance activists Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who in the aftermath of Germany's invasion of Poland saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish citizens by smuggling them into empty cages and their home villa.

Ida Cook details her life alongside her sister Louise, who grew up in-between the two world wars in suburban London. After hearing an aria from "Madame Butterfly," they were inspired to rescue dozens of Jews from Nazi persecution.

Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.

In July, 1944, thirty-two-year-old Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest on a mission to rescue the last Jews of Europe. Over the next six months he rescued thousands of Jews by issuing diplomatic safe passage passes and establishing numerous safe houses. When Budapest was finally liberated by the Soviet army, Wallenberg disappeared into the Soviet gulag and to this day his exact fate is unknown.