The Other Schindlers

Thanks to Thomas Keneally's book Schindler's Ark, and the film based on it, Schindler's List, we have become more aware of the fact that, in the midst of Hitler's extermination of the Jews, courage and humanity could still overcome evil. While 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime, some were saved through the actions of non-Jews whose consciences would not allow them to pass by on the other side, and many are honoured by Yad Vashem as 'Righteous Among the Nations' for their actions. As a baby, Agnes Grunwald-Spier was herself saved from the horrors of Auschwitz by an unknown official, and is now a trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. She has collected together the stories of thirty individuals who rescued Jews, and these provide a new insight into why these people were prepared to risk so much for their fellow men and women. With a foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, one of the leading experts on the subject, this is an ultimately uplifting account of how some good deeds really do shine in a weary world. 'Unfortunately, to kill thousands of people only a few men with machine guns are needed, and they do not risk anything except their souls. Saving of just one man involved exceptional devotion, undescribable courage of many people, and they were risking not only their lives, but also those of their children.' Irena Veisaite

ISBN 0752457063   Pages 228 ISBN13 9780752457062 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 431 Publisher The History Press Ltd   Published in Stroud Imprint The History Press Ltd   Height (mm) 216 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 138 Publication date 26 Apr 2010   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY 940.5318   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

		Foreword		7
		Acknowledgements		9
		Introduction		13
1		Rescuers with Religious Motives		21
2		Rescuers with Humanitarian Motives		63
3		Rescuers with Other Motives		101
		Conclusions		146
Appendix I		Righteous Among the Nations & Yad Vashem		184
Appendix II		Tables
Table 1		Details of Rescuers and Informants		186
Table 2		Righteous Among the Nations and National Populations		190
Table 3		Details of Rescuers and Rescued		192
		Notes		198
		Bibliography		216
		Index		219

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Paperback	£9.99	2011