When Light Pierced the Darkness - Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland

Zusatztext `A book that is a long overdue and valuable contribution to both Holocaust history and the study of human nature.' Jewish Reporter Informationen zum Autor Nechama Tec is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut at Stamford. Her other publications include the memoir Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood (OUP 1984). Klappentext Hiding Jews from the Nazis carried the death penalty, and yet an unusual group of Christians willingly opened their doors to Jews. Who were these rescuers and what motivated them to risk their lives for persecuted Jews? Based on case histories and the author's own personal experiences, she vividly recreates the experiences of both the rescuers and the rescued. Zusammenfassung Presents an account of the rescue of Jews by Christians in Nazi-occupied Poland, which draws heavily on the author's own childhood experiences. Her in-depth study contrasts the attitudes and behaviour of altruistic helpers, and paid rescuers. This book deals squarely with the ingrained anti-Semitism in Polish society.

Product details

• Authors: Nechama Tec, Nechama (Professor Emerita of Sociology Tec, Tec Nechama
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780195051940
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505194-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater