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The Righteous of the Wehrmacht / Simon Malkes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (114 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781618114501
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 891.78/4207 23
LOC classification:
  • PG3476.I858 A2 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface -- Names Concordance -- Chapter One. My Childhood in Wilno and Holszany (1930–1939) -- Chapter Two. The War: The Soviet Occupation (1939–1941) -- Chapter Three. The War: The German Occupation (1941–1944) -- Chapter Four. The HKP (1943–1944) -- Chapter Five. Liberation, Vilnius, and Lodz (1944–1949) -- Chapter Six. University Years in Munich (1949–1952) -- Chapter Seven. Paris (1952–1961) -- Chapter Eight. Work, Family, and Homeland (1961–2012) -- Chapter Nine. Major Karl Plagge (1897-1957) -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary: The Righteous of the Wehrmachtz describes the life of the author’s family in Vilnius before and during WWII and under the Nazi occupation, depicting their miraculous survival thanks to the German officer Karl Plagge. Plagge played a vital role in the survival of more than one hundred Jews, and for this is known as “the Schindler from Darmstadt.” After liberation by the Red Army, the author’s family moved first to Poland and then to France, forging their lives as refugees with gratitude and courage.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface -- Names Concordance -- Chapter One. My Childhood in Wilno and Holszany (1930–1939) -- Chapter Two. The War: The Soviet Occupation (1939–1941) -- Chapter Three. The War: The German Occupation (1941–1944) -- Chapter Four. The HKP (1943–1944) -- Chapter Five. Liberation, Vilnius, and Lodz (1944–1949) -- Chapter Six. University Years in Munich (1949–1952) -- Chapter Seven. Paris (1952–1961) -- Chapter Eight. Work, Family, and Homeland (1961–2012) -- Chapter Nine. Major Karl Plagge (1897-1957) -- Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- Index

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The Righteous of the Wehrmachtz describes the life of the author’s family in Vilnius before and during WWII and under the Nazi occupation, depicting their miraculous survival thanks to the German officer Karl Plagge. Plagge played a vital role in the survival of more than one hundred Jews, and for this is known as “the Schindler from Darmstadt.” After liberation by the Red Army, the author’s family moved first to Poland and then to France, forging their lives as refugees with gratitude and courage.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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