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Heroes of the Holocaust : true stories of rescues by teens / Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 183 pages : map ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0439676088
  • 9780439676083
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.53 ZUL B 22
LOC classification:
  • D804.34 .Z85 2005
Contents:
The Holocaust and the heroes -- "If they're willing to kill Jews, they're willing to kill people who hide Jews" : Maria Andzelm, Poland, 1942-1944 -- "Will I ever see any of you again? Are you even alive?" : Henri Zylberminc, Belgium, 1941-1944 -- "There must be a way to save the children" : Hilde Jacobsthal, Holland, 1942-1943 -- "I am safer in the lion's den" : Ferenc Schatz, Hungary, 1944-1945 -- "How can those collaborators live with themselves?" : Lilliane Belinne, Belgium, 1942-1944 -- "It's a matter of decency" : Preben Munch-Nielsen, Denmark, 1943
Summary: Maria Andzelm was a Catholic teenager whose family took in two Jewish men in Nazi-occupied Poland and hid them under their barn floor. She brought them food and books, but they were caught and paid a terrible price. Maria's stirring story is one of five featured in this important book of young people putting their lives on the line for others
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 940.53 ZUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4006436

The Holocaust and the heroes -- "If they're willing to kill Jews, they're willing to kill people who hide Jews" : Maria Andzelm, Poland, 1942-1944 -- "Will I ever see any of you again? Are you even alive?" : Henri Zylberminc, Belgium, 1941-1944 -- "There must be a way to save the children" : Hilde Jacobsthal, Holland, 1942-1943 -- "I am safer in the lion's den" : Ferenc Schatz, Hungary, 1944-1945 -- "How can those collaborators live with themselves?" : Lilliane Belinne, Belgium, 1942-1944 -- "It's a matter of decency" : Preben Munch-Nielsen, Denmark, 1943

Maria Andzelm was a Catholic teenager whose family took in two Jewish men in Nazi-occupied Poland and hid them under their barn floor. She brought them food and books, but they were caught and paid a terrible price. Maria's stirring story is one of five featured in this important book of young people putting their lives on the line for others

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