Beyond Hitler's Grasp

by Bar-Zohar, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781580625418
• ISBN10: 158062541X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Adams Media Corp

Summary

How did tiny Bulgaria stand up to Hitler and the Nazi Empire and be the only Axis-aligned country not to deport a single one of its 50,000 Jews? Beyond Hitler's Grasp narrates the dramatic true story of this extraordinary rescue. Michael Bar-Zohar's magnificently written story reads like an international thriller, involving a beautiful spy, the Church, and even the king himself. The heroism of this small country is finally shared with the world. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Michael Bar-Zohar is an Israeli-born writer of Bulgarian ancestry. A former member of the Israeli Knesset, he lectures widely for the United Jewish Appeal Federation and teaches at Emory University. He has appeared on many television programs, including Larry King Live and Nightline. Mr. Bar-Zohar divides his time between Israel and the United States

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Introduction	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Alarm	1	(8)
The Fox	9	(18)
The Law for the Defense of the Nation	27	(14)
The Commissar	41	(22)
An Order for Deportation	63	(14)
The Lovers	77	(10)
A Thracian Nightmare	87	(14)
Boxcars at the Station	101	(12)
An Order from the Highest Place	113	(18)
Trains	131	(14)
Forty-Three Signatures	145	(12)
The Bluff	157	(8)
The Metropolitans	165	(14)
Belev's Devious Plan	179	(6)
Despair	185	(20)
The King Has Vanished	205	(10)
Belev's Revenge	215	(4)
The Last Effort	219	(10)
The Mysterious Death of Boris III	229	(12)
A Body in a Ditch	241	(8)
The Hour of Reckoning	249	(10)
Epilogue	259	(10)
Notes	269	(20)
Index	289