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Code Name: Zegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe - Hardcover
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An inspiring story of unarmed civilians of all ages who took on the Gestapo, the SS, and the Wehrmacht―and outwitted them at least 20,000 times.
· Individual profiles of and insights from the rescued and the rescuers
· 28 photographs including the Warsaw ghetto, a prisoner's letter from the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, and Nazi posters issuing regulations in occupied Poland
· Primary sources such as archival documents, first person memoirs, including unpublished testimonies of the period, and interviews with both rescuers and rescued
· Early interviews with Irena Sendler the subject of the Hallmark film, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, which was watched by 10 million viewers
· A map of Poland showing areas annexed or occupied and partitioned for administrative purposes by Germany
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More than a thousand people in Nazi-occupied Poland were executed for helping Jews: men and women, young and old, grandparents, teenagers, and school children. What inspired courage such as that demonstrated by the Zegota member who reasoned, "To save a Jew could cost you your life. So for the same life, why not save ten?"
About the Author
Irene Tomaszewski is the program director of an international symposium on Polish Studies in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, and founding president of the Montreal-based Canadian Foundation for Polish Studies.
Tecia Werbowski has written eight novels.
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- PublisherPraeger
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 031338391X
- ISBN 13 9780313383915
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages216
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