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They were just people, stories of rescue in Poland during the Holocaust, Bill Tammeus and Jacques Cukierkorn

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They were just people, stories of rescue in Poland during the Holocaust, Bill Tammeus and Jacques Cukierkorn
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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collective biography
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
portraitsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
They were just people
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Responsibility statement
Bill Tammeus and Jacques Cukierkorn
Sub title
stories of rescue in Poland during the Holocaust
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
Table Of 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
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They Were Just People: Stories of Rescue in Poland During the Holocaust
Content