When Angels Fooled the World: Rescuers of Jews in Wartime Hungary

When Angels Fooled the World: Rescuers of Jews in Wartime Hungary
Author :
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Total Pages : 307
Release :
ISBN-10 :
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Book Synopsis When Angels Fooled the World: Rescuers of Jews in Wartime Hungary by : Charles Fenyvesi

Download or read book When Angels Fooled the World: Rescuers of Jews in Wartime Hungary written by Charles Fenyvesi and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2024-04-14 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a beautiful book in many ways. Beautiful not only for its writing but also for its portrayal of decent, heroic gentiles during the Holocaust. I defy anyone reading this account of angels under the German occupation not to shed tears by the end of the book — beneficent tears of hope, joy and gratitude. When Angels Fooled the World tells of five individuals: Raoul Wallenberg, a Lutheran pastor, a janitor, a woman who worked in a municipal birth registry, and a journalist who happened to be the author’s uncle by marriage. All dared to go against the prevailing Nazi German policy and saved Jews from deportation and death... a unique blend of passionate engagement and clear, level-headed analysis of the crucial months in 1944 when the Germans and their Hungarian Arrow Cross supporters ruled the land. The book’s lambent prose, as well as its mixture of memoir and broad sweep of Hungarian-Jewish ambience and history, enhance its fascination and appeal.” — Sun Sentinel “This captivating writing by a noted Hungarian-American author and journal editor, himself a Holocaust survivor, focuses on Hungary during the Holocaust period and the outstanding courage of a group of Righteous Gentiles (viewed as “angels” of salvation) including, among others, the well-known Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews with exit passports; a civil servant woman who provided Jews with certificates that they were Christians; and a Lutheran priest who saved Jewish children in a Christian orphanage. The book is based on historical facts, anecdotes, interviews, and the author’s family experiences and tribulations. Family photos and a relevant bibliography enhance this interesting volume.” — Multicultural Review


When Angels Fooled the World: Rescuers of Jews in Wartime Hungary Related Books

When Angels Fooled the World: Rescuers of Jews in Wartime Hungary
Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: Charles Fenyvesi
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-04-14 - Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“This is a beautiful book in many ways. Beautiful not only for its writing but also for its portrayal of decent, heroic gentiles during the Holocaust. I defy
The Question
Language: en
Pages: 60
Authors: Henri Alleg
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-17 - Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Henri Alleg’s candid account of how the French Army brutally tortured him in Algeria first appeared in 1958. Although quickly banned by the French government,
Looking Back: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst
Language: en
Pages: 109
Authors: Paul Ornstein
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-18 - Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Looking Back is the unusual memoir of a senior figure in the international psychoanalytic community. Dr. Paul Ornstein was one of the small and distinguished gr
The Colonizer and the Colonized
Language: en
Pages: 83
Authors: Albert Memmi
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-31 - Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Written in 1956 when Morocco and Tunisia gained independence from France and soon after the Algerian war had started, this book describes the inescapable bonds
Memories of Ice
Language: en
Pages: 945
Authors: Steven Erikson
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-08 - Publisher: Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Fantasy-roman.