Hippocrene Books 1997-01-01 hardcover Fair Size: 6x1x9;

ISBN10: 0781804094, ISBN13: 9780781804097, [publisher: Hippocrene Books] Hardcover
[Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]

Hippocrene Books 1997 Hardcover Like New Size: 6x1x9; 1997 Hardcover Edition. Light shelf wear to DJ edges. Pages unmarked. Looks unread.

ISBN10: 0781804094, ISBN13: 9780781804097, [publisher: Hippocrene Books] Hardcover 1997 Hardcover Edition. Light shelf wear to DJ edges. Pages unmarked. Looks unread.
[River Hills, WI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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ISBN10: 0781804094, ISBN13: 9780781804097, [publisher: Brand: Hippocrene Books] Hardcover First Edition For the first two years of the German occupation of Poland in World War II, Hitler's policy was to suppress all potential Polish resistance by indiscriminate killing and deportations. Although the Jewish population was forced to wear the Star of David and to move into ghettos, it generally escaped the worst of the terror meted out to the Christian Poles. After the attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, however, a systematic killing of the Polish Jews began; and by the end of the war, three million Polish Jews had perished at the hands of the Germans.Three million Christian Poles had also lost their lives. Non-Jewish Poles were warned that any aid or shelter they provided to the Jews would be punished by an automatic sentence of death. Only in Poland did the Germans carry out their threat to kill entire families caught helping the Jews. A partial post-war record lists 704 names of Poles executed for helping Jews. Over 4,500 Polish names appear on the roll at Yad Vashem of Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews - by far the largest national group to be so honored.Defying German orders, and risking their lives, thousands of Poles did save Jewish lives. Among the most effective of these rescuers were the female Catholic religious orders. Polish nuns, in nearly 200 religious institutions, including schools and orphanages, saved over 1200 Jewish children. These ...

ISBN10: 0781804094, ISBN13: 9780781804097, [publisher: Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S., New York] Hardcover Introduction by Jan Karski, Minor shelf wear to edges
[Almonte, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 1997]

Hippocrene Books 1996-11-01 Hardcover New Size: 9x6x0; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]
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