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) |
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Jews -- Poland -- Biography.
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Jews. |
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Poland. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
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Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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Subject |
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. |
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Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography.
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Holocaust survivors. |
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Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. |
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Poland -- Biography.
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Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Added Author |
Cukierkorn, Jacques.
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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) |
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0826271979 (electronic book) |
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9780826218605 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0826218601 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780826218766 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0826218768 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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