2017, ISBN: 9780813121864

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Stuttgart, Ibidem, 2017. 8°, 403 S., einige Abb., Brosch., Tadell. - This volume retraces Carl Lutz's diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish e… Mehr…

Stuttgart, Ibidem, 2017. 8°, 403 S., einige Abb., Brosch., Tadell. - This volume retraces Carl Lutz's diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the director of the Palestine Office in Budapest, Moshe Krausz, fellow Swiss citizens Harald Feller, Ernst Vonrufs, Peter Zürcher, and the underground Zionist Youth Movement, Carl Lutz led an extensive rescue operation between March 1944 and February 1945. It is estimated that Lutz and his team of rescuers issued more than 50,000 lifesaving letters of protection (Schutzbriefe) and placed persecuted Jews in 76 safe houses-annexes of the Swiss Legation. Based on interviews with Holocaust survivors in Canada, Hungary, Israel, Switzerland, the UK, and the United States, this volume shines a light on the extraordinary scope and scale of Carl Lutz's humanitarian response. 403 pp 010, Stuttgart, Ibidem, 2017, 0, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2001. AS6 - A first printing hardcover book SIGNED and dated by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book lightly bowed, dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 235 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Under the shadow of Nazi occupation, ordinary men and women leading apparently quiet lives as doctors, farmers, housewives, priests, and teachers engaged in spy thriller adventures to save the Allied airmen raining down among them. French and Belgian patriots, usually without aid or training, created elaborate escape lines that enabled thousands of Allied airmen to evade enemy capture. Known simply as "helpers," these men and women organized prison breakouts, seaside evacuations, and parachute drops as well as provided food, shelter, and traveling papers for the men in their care. All this was done amidst the constant threat of betrayal by a traitor or brutal arrest and interrogation by Gestapo agents. In the early years of World War II, it was an amazing feat for an Allied airman shot down over occupied Europe to make it back to England. By 1943, however, pilots and crew members, supplied with "escape kits," knew they had a 50 percent chance of evading capture and returning home with the assistance of European helpers. More than 5,000 American, British, and Commonwealth airmen successfully traveled along escape lines organized much like those of the U.S. Underground Railroad, hiding in safe houses until they could be moved further down the line. To research these stories, Ottis hiked the Pyrenees and interviewed many of the surviving helpers and evaders. She tells of the extreme difficulty helpers had in avoiding Nazi infiltration by double agents; of their creativity in hiding evaders in their homes, sometimes in the midst of unexpected searches; and of their generosity in sharing their meager food supplies during wartime. Silent Heroes is filled with dashing heroes, dastardly villains, well-planned traps, and last-minute escapes. The sum of these stories reveals the unflagging spirit and courage of these men and women in the face of a war fought on a very personal level.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., The University Press of Kentucky, 2001, 3<

2001, ISBN: 9780813121864

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Cloth, 235 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Review copy, with publisher's material laid in. Dust jacket protect… Mehr…

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Cloth, 235 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Review copy, with publisher's material laid in. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In the early years of World War II, it was an amazing feat for an Allied airman shot down over occupied Europe to make it back to England. By 1943, however, pilots and crewmembers, supplied with "escape kits," knew they had a 50 percent chance of evading capture and returning home. An estimated 12,000 French civilians helped make this possible. More than 5,000 airmen, many of them American, successfully traveled along escape lines organized much like those of the U.S. Underground Railroad, using secret codes and stopping in safe houses. If caught, they risked internment in a POW camp. But the French, Belgian, and Dutch civilians who aided them risked torture and even death. Sherri Ottis writes candidly about the pilots and crewmen who walked out of occupied Europe, as well as the British intelligence agency in charge of Escape and Evasion. But her main focus is on the helpers, those patriots who have been all but ignored in English-language books and journals. To research their stories, Ottis hiked the Pyrenees and interviewed many of the survivors. She tells of the extreme difficulty they had in avoiding Nazi infiltration by double agents; of their creativity in hiding evaders in their homes, sometimes in the midst of unexpected searches; of their generosity in sharing their meager food supplies during wartime; and of their unflagging spirit and courage in the face of a war fought on a very personal level." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., University Press of Kentucky, 2001, 5<

2001, ISBN: 9780813121864

Hardcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less., [PU: University Press of Kentucky]