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

Tec, Nechama

 
9780195051940: When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195051947 ISBN 13 : 9780195051940
Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1986

Synopsis

Nechama Tec's incisive account of the rescue of Jews by Christians in Nazi-occupied Poland draws heavily on her own childhood experiences. Her in-depth study - the first of its kind - contrasts the attitudes and behaviour of altruistic helpers, and paid rescuers. She discovers a fascinating pattern, in which altruistic Christians applied their customary practise of helping the needy, without regard for their own safety, whereas paid rescuers acted with the motive of removing the Jews and the danger they represented to Poland. This is a deeply affecting book, which deals squarely with the ingrained anti-Semitism in Polish society, yet pays tribute to the extraordinary risks taken by Polish people on behalf of their Jewish compatriots.

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À propos de l'auteur

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).

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press USA
Date d'édition
1986
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195051947
ISBN 13 
9780195051940
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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