The Righteous: the Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust / Martin Gilbert
Henry Holt and Company, LLC Publishers since 1866 115 West 18th street New York, New York 10011 Henry Holt® is a registered trademark of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. Copyright © 2003 by Martin Gilbert All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gilbert, Martin, 1936– The righteous: the unsung heroes of the Holocaust / Martin Gilbert. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN: 978-1-4299-0036-2 1. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Jews—Rescue. 3. Holocaust, Jewish (1939– 1945) I. Title. D804.65.G45 2003 940.53'1835'0922—dc21 2002027306 Henry Holt books are available for special promotions and premiums. For details contact: Director, Special Markets. The Righteous The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust Martin Gilbert DRAWING FROM TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH, SIR MARTIN GILBERT RE-CREATES THE REMARKABLE STORIES OF NON-JEWS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO HELP JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST According to Jewish tradition, “Whoever saves one life, it is as if he saved the entire world.” In The Righteous, distinguished historian Sir Martin Gilbert explores the courage of those who, throughout Germany and in every occupied country from Norway to Greece, from the Atlantic to the Baltic, took incredible risks to help Jews whose fate would have been sealed without them. Indeed, many lost their lives for their efforts. From Greek-Orthodox Princess Alice of Greece, who hid Jews in her home in Athens, to the Ukrainian Uniate Archbishop of Lvov, who hid hundreds of Jews in his churches and monastaries, to Muslims in Bosnia and Albania, to British prisoners-of-war, many risked, and lost, everything to help their fellow man.
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