The Other Schindlers Why Some People Chose to Save Jews in the Holocaust

by Grunwald-Spier, Agnes; Gilbert, Sir Martin

• ISBN13: 9780752457062
• ISBN10: 0752457063
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-09
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

'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 Book jacket.

Author Biography

Agnes Grunwald-Spier was born in Budapest in July 1944. She and her mother were sent to the ghetto there in November 1944, and were liberated in January 1945. A former civil servant, she holds degrees in History & Politics and Holocaust Studies, and is a trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, a member of the Architects’ Registration Board, and a Justice of the Peace. She lives in Sheffield and London. Sir Martin Gilbert is a historian and the author of more than 80 books, including The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War and The Story of Israel.

Table of Contents

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