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02754aam a22005298i 4500 001 8BC4A5DC495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 230609s2023 cou b 001 0deng 010 $a 2023016628 020 $a 1541619854 020 $a 9781541619852 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 940.53/1835 $2 23/eng/20230609 100 1 $a Moorhouse, Roger, $e author. 245 14 $a The forgers : $b the forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation / $c Roger Moorhouse. 246 30 $a Forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2310 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In The Forgers, Roger Moorhouse unfolds this never-before-told history Holocaust resistance, illuminating the remarkable story of Polish diplomats, Jewish activists, Japanese bureaucrats, and ordinary people the world over who systematically forged as many as 10,000 passports and saved hundreds, potentially thousands, of Jewish lives. Drawing upon first-hand accounts and survivor testimony with new research and revelations about the Lados Group, Moorhouse unspools the lives, work, and valor of AleksanderLados, Stefan Ryniewicz, Konstanty Rokicki, Juliusz Kuhl, Chaim Eiss, Abraham Silberschein, six members of the Polish government-in-exile who seized an opportunity to do good in the face of a world at war"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Grupa Åadosia. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Rescue $x Rescue $z Poland. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Rescue $x Rescue $z Switzerland. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $z Poland. 650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) $z Poland. 650 0 $a Identification cards $x Forgeries $z Poland. 650 0 $a Forgery $z Poland $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Identification cards $x Forgeries $z Switzerland. 650 0 $a Forgery $z Switzerland $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Diplomatic and consular service, Polish $z Switzerland. 941 $a 12 952 $l HQPD845 $d 20240516020024.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045103.0 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20240323013955.0 952 $l FPPC224 $d 20240321010635.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011301.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240104010654.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240104010323.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20231205011026.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231114010502.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20231102012624.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20231102012247.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20231021010720.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8BC4A5DC495811EE9228709642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search