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03551aim a2200433Mi 4500 001 FDC2E7D8EA4011EDA3E935F65AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230504010033 007 sz zunznnnzneu 008 221115s2023 ohunnnn q h n eng d 020 $a 1669667413 020 $a 9781669667414 028 02 $a 44228 $b Findaway World 035 $a (OCoLC)1351841742 040 $a PLAYA $b eng $e rda $c PLAYA $d OCLCF $d SILO 050 4 $a D804.65 $b .H87 2023 082 04 $a 940.5318 $2 23 100 1 $a Hurowitz, Richard, $e author. 245 10 $a In the garden of the righteous : $b the heroes who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust / $c Richard Hurowitz. 260 $a Solon, Ohio : $b Findaway World, LLC, $c 2023. 300 $a 1 Playaway audio media player : $b digital, HD audio ; $c 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches. 500 $a Title supplied by publisher. 500 $a Release date supplied by publisher. 500 $a Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. 500 $a One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. 500 $a Previously released by HarperCollins. 511 0 $a Read by Paul Heitsch. 520 $a These powerfully illuminating and inspiring profiles pay tribute to the incredible deeds of the Righteous Among the Nations, little-known heroes who saved countless lives during the Holocaust. 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 crimes of such enormity that a new name to describe the horror was coined: the Holocaust. Yet amid such darkness, there were glimmers of light, courageous 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, among the most remarkable in human history, resonate powerfully. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, has recognized more than 27,000 individuals as "Righteous Among the Nations," non-Jewish people such as Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler who risked their lives to save their persecuted neighbors. In the Garden of the Righteous chronicles extraordinary acts at a time when the moral choices were stark, the threat immense, and the passive apathy of millions predominated. Deeply researched and astonishingly moving, it focuses on ten remarkable stories, including that of the circus ringmaster Adolf Althoff and his wife Maria, the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali, the Polish social worker Irena Sendler, and the Japanese spy Chinue Sugihara, who provided hiding places, participated in underground networks, refused to betray their neighbors, and secured safe passage. They repeatedly defied authorities and risked their lives, their livelihoods, and their families to save the helpless and the persecuted. In the Garden of the Righteous is a testament to their kindness and courage. $c Provided by publisher. 521 $a Adult. 650 0 $a Richteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. 650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 650 0 $a Holocaust survivors. 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Heitsch, Paul, $e narrator. 710 2 $a Playaway Digital Audio, $e issuing body. 710 2 $a Findaway World, LLC., $e issuing body. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230504010309.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FDC2E7D8EA4011EDA3E935F65AECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search