Sliwa Joanna
Sliwa Joanna - The Counterfeit Countess The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands Of Poles During The Holocaust - Hardcover
Sliwa Joanna - The Counterfeit Countess The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands Of Poles During The Holocaust - Hardcover
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Description: The remarkable inspiring (The Wall Street Journal) true story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi - occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat drawing on Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir. World War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories of resistance and rescue but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the astonishing unknown story of Countess Janina Suchodolska a Jewish woman who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by Poland's Nazi occupiers becoming a heroine for the ages (Larry Loftis author of The Watchmaker's Daughter). Mehlberg operated in Lublin Poland headquarters of Aktion Reinhard the SS operation that murdered 1.7 million Jews in occupied Poland. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile cajolery and steely persistence the Countess persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. She won permission to deliver food and medicine even decorated Christmas trees for thousands more of the camp's prisoners. At the same time she personally smuggled supplies and messages to resistance fighters imprisoned in Majdanek where 63,000 Jews were murdered in gas chambers and shooting pits. Incredibly she eluded detection and ultimately survived the war and emigrated to the US. Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir supplemented with prodigious research Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa professional historians and Holocaust experts have uncovered the full story of this remarkable woman. They interweave Mehlberg's sometimes harrowing personal testimony with broader historical narrative. Like The Light of Days Schindler's List and Irena's Children The Counterfeit Countess is a riveting stunning (Debbie Cenziper Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of Citizen 865) account of inspiring courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty.
Title: The Counterfeit Countess The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands Of Poles During The Holocaust
Author(s): Sliwa Joanna
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982189129
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/23/2024
Category: The Holocaust
Description: The remarkable inspiring (The Wall Street Journal) true story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi - occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat drawing on Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir. World War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories of resistance and rescue but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the astonishing unknown story of Countess Janina Suchodolska a Jewish woman who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by Poland's Nazi occupiers becoming a heroine for the ages (Larry Loftis author of The Watchmaker's Daughter). Mehlberg operated in Lublin Poland headquarters of Aktion Reinhard the SS operation that murdered 1.7 million Jews in occupied Poland. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile cajolery and steely persistence the Countess persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. She won permission to deliver food and medicine even decorated Christmas trees for thousands more of the camp's prisoners. At the same time she personally smuggled supplies and messages to resistance fighters imprisoned in Majdanek where 63,000 Jews were murdered in gas chambers and shooting pits. Incredibly she eluded detection and ultimately survived the war and emigrated to the US. Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir supplemented with prodigious research Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa professional historians and Holocaust experts have uncovered the full story of this remarkable woman. They interweave Mehlberg's sometimes harrowing personal testimony with broader historical narrative. Like The Light of Days Schindler's List and Irena's Children The Counterfeit Countess is a riveting stunning (Debbie Cenziper Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of Citizen 865) account of inspiring courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty.
Title: The Counterfeit Countess The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands Of Poles During The Holocaust
Author(s): Sliwa Joanna
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982189129
Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/23/2024
Category: The Holocaust
