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When the Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for When the Light Pierced the DarknessPresents an account of the rescue of Jews by Christians in Nazi-occupied Poland, which draws heavily on the author's own childhood experiences. Her in-depth study contrasts the attitudes and behaviour of altruistic helpers, and paid rescuers. This book deals squarely with the ingrained anti-Semitism in Polish society.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Published: 18 February 1988
- Format: Paperback 276 pages
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- Categories: Folklore, Myths & Legends | European History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Social & Cultural History | Holocaust
- ISBN 13: 9780195051940 ISBN 10: 0195051947
- Sales rank: 794,979
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Full description for When the Light Pierced the Darkness
Nechama Tec's incisive account of the rescue of Jews by Christians in Nazi-occupied Poland draws heavily on her own childhood experiences. Her in-depth study - the first of its kind - contrasts the attitudes and behaviour of altruistic helpers, and paid rescuers. She discovers a fascinating pattern, in which altruistic Christians applied their customary practise of helping the needy, without regard for their own safety, whereas paid rescuers acted with the motive of removing the Jews and the danger they represented to Poland. This is a deeply affecting book, which deals squarely with the ingrained anti-Semitism in Polish society, yet pays tribute to the extraordinary risks taken by Polish people on behalf of their Jewish compatriots.
