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Title: |
Under Swiss Protection |
| Sub-title: |
Jewish Eyewitness Accounts from Wartime Budapest |
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| Edited by: |
Agnes Hirschi, Charlotte Schallié Foreword by: Timothy Snyder Translated by: Noga Beck; Dahlia Thompson; Lauren Yarmar Contributions by: Paul Fabry, Mordechai Fleischer, Jean Greenstein, David Gur, Klári Barna, Vera Bellák, Eva Bino, Agnes Heffner, Iván Sándor, József Rabbi Schweitzer, André Sirtes, Eva Szirmai, Eva Teichman, Irena Braun Lefkovic, Tzipporah Cohen, Agnes Heller, Idit Hirschfeld, Agnes Hirschi, Hedva Katz, Naomi Katz, Shmuel Katz |
| ISBN10-13: |
3838210891 : 9783838210896 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
210x150mm |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Weight: |
.540 Kg. |
| Published: |
ibidem - November 2017 |
| List Price: |
18.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
The Holocaust : Jewish studies |
| This volume retraces Carl Lutzâ 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 ZÃ"rcher, 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 housesâ 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 Lutzâ s humanitarian response. |
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