Code Name: Zegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe
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Code Name: Zegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe
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Overview
Code Name: Zegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe tells the story of the only secret organization in occupied Europe set up for the sole purpose of saving Jews. The first book on the subject in English, it details the danger and complexity behind Zegota rescue attempts, clarifying the relationship of the Germans, who had total control; the Poles, who were relegated to sub-human status and treated as slave labor; and the Jews, designated nonhuman and collectively condemned to death.
Illuminating the moral dilemmas that arose as one life was pitted against another under the lawless apartheid conditions created by the Nazis, Code Name: Zegota explores the critical situation in occupied Poland and the personalities that responded to desperate conditions with a mix of courage and creativity. It profiles the key players and the network behind them and describes the sophisticated organization and its mode of operation. The cast of characters ranges from members of prewar Poland's cultural and political elite to Girl Guides and Boy Scouts, who worked as couriers. As this inspiring book shows, all of these brave souls risked torture, concentration camps, and death—and many paid the price.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780313383915 |
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| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 05/05/2010 |
| Pages: | 184 |
| Sales rank: | 700,895 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Tecia Werbowski has written eight novels.
What People are Saying About This
Dorit Whiteman
"This book restores one's faith in mankind. It reveals the little known story of Zegota, an underground organization in Poland dedicated to the rescue of Jews during World War II. Organized by Gentile Poles who themselves were starved and enslaved, they risked their own and their children's lives in order to snatch Jews from the Nazi killing machine. Thousands of Poles perished in this intrepid quest. Written in an exciting style and meticulously documented, the book is fascinating from beginning to end and affords insight into this little known heroism."
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Dorit Whiteman, author of The Uprooted: A Hitler Legacy: Voices of Those Who Escaped Before the "Final Solution" and Lonek's Journey: the True Story of a Boy's Escape to Freedom
Zbigniew Brzezinski
"Codename: Zegota is the story of extraordinary heroism amidst unique depravity—compelling in its human as well as historical dimensions. It is a particularly valuable addition to our understanding of the many facets of the Holocaust because Zegota as an organized effort was tantamount to 'Schindler's list' multiplied a hundred-fold."
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies
"The story of Zegota is one of courage and valor in the midst of great chaos during the Holocaust. Zegota's legacy is intertwined with the beautiful legacy of Irena Sendler."
— Norm Conard, Director of Life in a Jar/the Irena Sendler Project
"Codename: Zegota is the story of extraordinary heroism amidst unique depravity—compelling in its human as well as historical dimensions. It is a particularly valuable addition to our understanding of the many facets of the Holocaust because Zegota as an organized effort was tantamount to 'Schindler's list' multiplied a hundred-fold."
— Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies
"This book restores one's faith in mankind. It reveals the little known story of Zegota, an underground organization in Poland dedicated to the rescue of Jews during World War II. Organized by Gentile Poles who themselves were starved and enslaved, they risked their own and their children's lives in order to snatch Jews from the Nazi killing machine. Thousands of Poles perished in this intrepid quest. Written in an exciting style and meticulously documented, the book is fascinating from beginning to end and affords insight into this little known heroism."
— Dorit Whiteman, author of The Uprooted: A Hitler Legacy: Voices of Those Who Escaped Before the "Final Solution" and Lonek's Journey: the True Story of a Boy's Escape to Freedom
Norm Conard
"The story of Zegota is one of courage and valor in the midst of great chaos during the Holocaust. Zegota's legacy is intertwined with the beautiful legacy of Irena Sendler."
—
Norm Conard, Director of Life in a Jar/the Irena Sendler Project