In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen

Few lives shed more light on the complex relationship between Jews and Christians during and after the Holocaust—or provide a more moving portrait of courage—than Oswald Rufeisen's. A Jew passing as a Christian in occupied Poland, Rufeisen worked as translator for the German police—the very people who rounded up and murdered the Jews—and repeatedly risked his life to save hundreds from the Nazis. In this gripping biography, Nechama Tec, a widely acclaimed writer on the Holocaust, recounts R...