| Title: |
The Righteous: The Unsung Heros of the Holocaust |
| Publishing data: |
UK (Doubleday); 2002; USA (Holt) 2003; Canada (Key Porter), 2003 |
| Summary: |
The story of non-Jews, most of them Christian, but also Muslims, who risked their lives to hide Jews during the Holocaust. Includes the refusal of the Bulgarian Church, parliament and people to alone the deportation of Bulgaria's 48,000 Jews. Looks at the role of people and resistance in Denmark and Norway. Explores the part played by Christian clergymen and women in every land to try to save Jews. The story, above all, of more than 20,000 'ordinary' men and women who acted in a decent, humane and life-saving way. |
| Notes About This Book: |
All source references at the bottom of each page; 17 page bibliography of works cited; 64 photographs; 18 maps specially prepared by the author for this volume. |
