The forgers the forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation
"In The Forgers, Roger Moorhouse unfolds this never-before-told history Holocaust resistance, illuminating the remarkable story of Polish diplomats, Jewish activists, Japanese bureaucrats, and ordinary people the world over who systematically forged as many as 10,000 passports and saved hundred...
| Main Author: | Moorhouse, Roger (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"In The Forgers, Roger Moorhouse unfolds this never-before-told history Holocaust resistance, illuminating the remarkable story of Polish diplomats, Jewish activists, Japanese bureaucrats, and ordinary people the world over who systematically forged as many as 10,000 passports and saved hundreds, potentially thousands, of Jewish lives. Drawing upon first-hand accounts and survivor testimony with new research and revelations about the Lados Group, Moorhouse unspools the lives, work, and valor of Aleksander Lados, Stefan Ryniewicz, Konstanty Rokicki, Juliusz Kuhl, Chaim Eiss, Abraham Silberschein, six members of the Polish government-in-exile who seized an opportunity to do good in the face of a world at war"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781541619852 1541619854 |
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