The forgers : the forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation
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Published
New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
940.531835 Moo
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940.531835 Moo
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Published
New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"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"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
Diplomatic and consular service, Polish -- Switzerland.
Forgery -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Forgery -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century.
Grupa Ładosia.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.
Identification cards -- Forgeries -- Poland.
Identification cards -- Forgeries -- Switzerland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Switzerland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland.
Diplomatic and consular service, Polish -- Switzerland.
Forgery -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Forgery -- Switzerland -- History -- 20th century.
Grupa Ładosia.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.
Identification cards -- Forgeries -- Poland.
Identification cards -- Forgeries -- Switzerland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Switzerland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland.