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Author Tammeus, Bill.

Title They were just people : stories of rescue in Poland during the Holocaust / Bill Tammeus and Jacques Cukierkorn.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : maps, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The stories -- Zygie Allweiss -- Irene Bau -- Sheila Bernard -- Maria Devinki -- Aaron Elster and Irene Budkowski -- Roman Frayman -- Rose Gelbart -- Felicia Graber -- Feliks Karpman -- Jerry Koenig -- Andre Nowacki -- Anna Schiff -- Barbara Turkeltaub -- Father Romuald Jakub Weksler-Waszkinel -- Felix Zandman -- Four rescuers -- After the war -- A brief chronology of events related to rescuing Jews in Poland -- Yad Vashem -- The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
Summary "Tammeus and Cukierkorn interview Jewish survivors and their non-Jewish rescuers, capturing for future generations stories of how, through courage and ingenuity, a few Jews in Poland escaped the Holocaust, and revealing how individuals can preserve civility and compassion even in the face of overwhelming evil"--Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
Jews -- Poland -- Biography.
Jews.
Poland.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Genre/Form Personal narratives.
Subject Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors.
Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography.
United States.
Poland -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Added Author Cukierkorn, Jacques.
Other Form: Print version: Tammeus, Bill. They were just people. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2009 9780826218766 (DLC) 2009013438 (OCoLC)317623464
ISBN 9780826271976 (electronic book)
0826271979 (electronic book)
9780826218605 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0826218601 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780826218766 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0826218768 (cloth ; alkaline paper)