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Author:

Moorhouse, Roger, author.

Title:

The forgers : the forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation / Roger Moorhouse.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Grupa Ładosia.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Switzerland.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Identification cards--Forgeries--Poland.
Forgery--Poland--History--20th century.
Identification cards--Forgeries--Switzerland.
Forgery--Switzerland--History--20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--Switzerland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1541619854
9781541619852

LCCN:

2023016628

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