London: Coronet Books (Hodder & Stoughton), Date: 2004. Paperback. 467p. A softcover book in fine condition. 2004. Coronet Books (Hodder & Stoughton) ISBN 0340825200 9780340825204 [US]

ISBN10: 0340825200, ISBN13: 9780340825204, [publisher: Coronet Books] Softcover 470 pages. minor wear, faded spine, light tanningUNS UNG HEROES: The Twentieth Century's Forgotten History Makers - Erik DurschmiedCoronet Books, UK, 200 4ISBN 9780340825204mid-size pb, 470ppVERY GOOD: minor wear, faded spine, light tanningThere ar e instances of heroic deeds that had no immediate witness, such a s the Scholl's attempt in 1943 to raise their nation's conscience , suppressed by Hitler's propaganda machine. The Canadian physici st Dr Slotin acted in 1946; but since the bomb was supposed to be fail-safe, his feat was not released to the public. A KGB commis sar gagged Captain Marinesco in 1945, just as Moscow's rulers sil ently did away with Colonel Maleter in 1956 as a hindrance for th eir political ambition. In the case of Parteigenosse Duckwitz in 1943, nobody discovered that he was behind the betrayal of the Na zi plan and he wouldn't publicize his disloyalty to the Fuhrer. I t took faith and courage for a Palermo priest to go up against th e Sicilian Mafia in 1993. And there is the sergeant who in 1916 b lundered into an impregnable fortress and then took it single-han dedly. These are a few brave men and women who dared to stand up and be counted. Some had to pay a bitter price for remaining loya l to their principles, but all of them changed history.
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