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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Moorhouse, Roger, author.     Subjects     Grupa Ładosia.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- 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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Moorhouse, Roger, author.       by title:      The forgers : the fo...         MARC Display

The forgers : the forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation / Roger Moorhouse. by Moorhouse, Roger, author. New York, NY : Basic Books, 2023. Subjects Grupa Ładosia.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Poland.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- 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. ISBN:  9781541619852 (hardcover) : 1541619854 (hardcover) Description:  339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Foreword -- Prologue: "He who saves one life..." --Empty sympathies -- The blood-soaked earth -- "In a short time, it will be too late" -- A crime without a name -- "They are dying. That's all." -- Asking after Aunt Darka -- No time to lose -- Death casts its shadow -- "My God, why have you forsaken me?" -- Epilogue. Requests:  0 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 Aleksander Lados, 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 940.53183 Mo Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53183 Moorhouse Checked out 05/18/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53183 Mo Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53183 Mo Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53183 Mo Checked out 05/18/2024 Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53183 Mo Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53183 Mo Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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