The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust's Most Audacious Rescue Operation - Couverture rigide

Moorhouse, Roger

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ISBN 10 : 1541619854 ISBN 13 : 9781541619852

Editeur : Basic Books, 2023

Synopsis

The secret history of one of the largest—and least-known—rescue operations of World War II  

Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable—and until now, completely unknown—humanitarian operation. In concert with Jewish activists, they masterminded a systematic program of forging passports and identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust. 

With the international community failing to act, the operation was one of the largest actions to aid Jews of the entire war. The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. We follow the desperate bids of Jews to obtain these lifesaving documents as the Nazi death machine draws ever closer. And we witness the quiet heroism of a group of ordinary men who decided to do something rather than nothing and saved thousands of lives. 

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À propos de l'auteur

Roger Moorhouse is a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Warsaw. The author of several books on World War II history, including Poland 1939 (winner of the Polish Foreign Ministry History Prize), Berlin at War (shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman Prize), and The Devils’ Alliance, he lives in the United Kingdom.  

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1541619854
• ISBN 13: 9781541619852
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
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