Courage to Care Volume 2: 22 Further Remarkable Stories of Rescue During World War II

Julie MEADOWS OAM & Zoi JUVRIS (editors) ; COURAGE TO CARE VICTORIA ; AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR JEWISH CIVILISATION

About this book
This second volume offers more true testimonies by Australian survivors of the Holocaust written in the authors’ own words. In the brutal years of the Nazi occupation during the Second World War, the Jews of Europe were particularly singled out for annihilation. Anyone trying to help them was likely to suffer the same fate. Yet there were non-Jews who risked their lives and the lives of their families to provide assistance. The motivations for their actions were various, but as often as not, at the core was a sense of common humanity. Many of these survivors were children at the time, and now, more than 70 years later, they have chosen to share their stories to pay tribute to those who helped them survive.
Product details
Category
Rescue
Publisher
Monash University Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
Published
2019
ISBN
9780994596086
Country
Australia
Pages
346
EXCERPT
"The world's clergy and politicians remained silent in the late 1930's as the Nazis gained power with their... ideology. Yet there were some who could not stand by and do nothing. Secretly, they defied...[and] they knew the risks."
Author
Julie MEADOWS OAM & Zoi JUVRIS (editors) ; COURAGE TO CARE VICTORIA ; AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR JEWISH CIVILISATION

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