Less than a century ago, the Second World War took the lives of more than fifty million people; more than six million of them were systematically exterminated through the Holocaust. Yet amid such darkness, there were glimmers of light--individuals who risked everything to save those hunted by the Nazis. Today, as bigotry and intolerance and the threats of fascism and authoritarianism are ascendent once again, these heroes' little-known stories resonate.
Like the sociologists and psychologists who have studied those who risked their lives, families, and careers to save those threatened by mass murder, Hurowitz finds and reveals common threads ... Of profound interest to those seeking to improve the world.
Tremendously moving ... Stories of people who made the lonely, terrifying decision to stand against the armored fist of the Nazi state. Drawing on interviews and archives, Hurowitz presents the details of a handful of these stories, and each one reads like a sharply etched, miniature version of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 movie 'Schindler’s List.'
Hurowitz isn’t a Holocaust scholar ... But he has done an impressive job of researching and telling these invigorating stories. His greatest contribution has been tracking down children and grandchildren of the rescuers, as well as Holocaust survivors, who offer intimate accounts of what these rescue missions meant, and the costs they exacted.
