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Author:
Wasserstein, Bernard.
Title:
The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews / Bernard Wasserstein.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Tijn, Gertrude van,--1891-1974.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Netherlands.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands.
Jews--History--Netherlands--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Amsterdam.--Amsterdam.
Jews, German--Amsterdam--Amsterdam--Biography.
Jewish women--Amsterdam--Amsterdam--Biography.
Women social workers--Amsterdam--Amsterdam--Biography.
Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam--History.
Other Titles:
Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden. English
Notes:
"An earlier version of this book was published in Dutch as Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden by Nieuw Amsterdam, ℗♭2013"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue -- "Ruined woman" -- Rebuilding lives -- "Death ships" -- Gertrude's war -- Mission to Lisbon -- Crisis of conscience -- Help for the departing -- Trading with the enemy -- To the bitter end -- Last exit from Amsterdam -- Aftermath -- A reckoning -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
0674281381 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780674281387 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)861478330
LCCN:
2013036032
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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