The just: how six unlikely heroes saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust
The remarkable story of how a consul and his allies helped save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in one of the greatest rescue operations of the twentieth century. In May 1940, Jan Zwartendijk, the director of the Lithuanian branch of the Philips electrical-goods company, stepped into history wh...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The remarkable story of how a consul and his allies helped save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in one of the greatest rescue operations of the twentieth century. In May 1940, Jan Zwartendijk, the director of the Lithuanian branch of the Philips electrical-goods company, stepped into history when he accepted the honorary role of Dutch consul. In Kaunas, the capital of Lithuania, desperate Jewish refugees faced annihilation in the Holocaust. That was when Zwartendijk, with the help of Chiune Sugihara, the consul for Japan, and the Dutch ambassador in Riga, Latvia -- chose to break his country's diplomatic rules. He opened up a possible route to freedom through the ruse of issuing visas to the Dutch colony of Curacao on the other side of the world. Thanks to these visas, and Sugihara's approval of onward passage, many Jews - up to 10,000 - were able to travel on the Trans-Siberian Express all through Soviet Russia to Vladivostok, further to Japan, and onwards to China. Most of the Jews whom Zwartendijk helped escape survived the war, and they and their descendants settled in America, Canada, Australia, and other countries. Zwartendijk and Sugihara were true heroes, and yet they were both shunned by their own countries after the war, and their courageous, unstinting actions have remained relatively unknown. In The Just, renowned Dutch author Jan Brokken wrests this heroic story from oblivion and traces the journeys of a number of the rescued Jews. This epic narrative shows how, even in life-threatening circumstances, some people make the right choice at the right time. It is a lesson in character and courage |
| Beschreibung: | Originally published in Dutch as De rechtvaardigen. Amsterdam : Atlas Contact, 2018 |
| Beschreibung: | vi, 478 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts |
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| adam_text | Contents Author s note vii i Mister Radio Philips շ One last breath of peace ю i 3 Losing your company 25 4 Scales and cacti 35 5 Erni Christianus 44 6 Between Prague and Rotterdam 49 7 Alenino 65 8 Stalin in the shop windows 73 9 Peppy Stemheim Lewin 85 10 Nathan Gutwirth ii Not a chance in hell. But who knows? 99 108 12 The manual for consular officials 117 13 The white ship with the black hull 127 14 The independent-minded Sugihara 135 15 The yard of the Lietūkis garage 134 16 Comrade Nina 160 17 The fiat: the party leader and the influential dwarf 168 18 Pan Tadeusz 181 19 Chanson russe 190 20 Please forgive me. I cannot write any more: 196 21 Every man for himself 201 22 The Swedish route 208 23 An overlooked date 224
vi Contents 24 Towards the ends of the east 232 25 No way forward, no way back 242 26 The house with the green shutters in Kobe 258 27 Zorách Warhaftig 266 28 Zofia and Count Romer 274 29 Odd is death; even is life 283 30 Escort to Shanghai 288 31 The secret of Kaunas 298 32 Mauthausen 314 33 A secret burial 319 34 Mister Frits 327 3 5 Hey! Blow! Scream! Bang! 335 3 6 From Avenue Joffie to the ghetto 355 37 So many names on a wall 3 67 3 8 Everything s fine in Psychiko 375 39 The reprimand 391 40 The need to know 401 41 Under a spruce or pine tree 407 42 No news from the survivors 412 43 The exodus from Egypt 418 44 Whoever saves one life saves a whole world 426 45 The Holland 977 Case 430 46 A wedding in Antwerp 440 47 Pebbles on a grave 449 Sources and Acknowledgements 453 Illustration credits 476
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Contents Author's note vii i Mister Radio Philips շ One last breath of peace ю i 3 Losing your company 25 4 Scales and cacti 35 5 Erni Christianus 44 6 Between Prague and Rotterdam 49 7 Alenino 65 8 Stalin in the shop windows 73 9 Peppy Stemheim Lewin 85 10 Nathan Gutwirth ii Not a chance in hell. But who knows? 99 108 12 The manual for consular officials 117 13 The white ship with the black hull 127 14 The independent-minded Sugihara 135 15 The yard of the Lietūkis garage 134 16 Comrade Nina 160 17 The fiat: the party leader and the influential dwarf 168 18 Pan Tadeusz 181 19 Chanson russe 190 20 Please forgive me. I cannot write any more: 196 21 Every man for himself 201 22 The Swedish route 208 23 An overlooked date 224
vi Contents 24 Towards the ends of the east 232 25 No way forward, no way back 242 26 The house with the green shutters in Kobe 258 27 Zorách Warhaftig 266 28 Zofia and Count Romer 274 29 Odd is death; even is life 283 30 Escort to Shanghai 288 31 The secret of Kaunas 298 32 Mauthausen 314 33 A secret burial 319 34 Mister Frits 327 3 5 Hey! Blow! Scream! Bang! 335 3 6 From Avenue Joffie to the ghetto 355 37 So many names on a wall 3 67 3 8 Everything's fine in Psychiko 375 39 The reprimand 391 40 The need to know 401 41 Under a spruce or pine tree 407 42 No news from the survivors 412 43 The exodus from Egypt 418 44 Whoever saves one life saves a whole world 426 45 The Holland 977 Case 430 46 A wedding in Antwerp 440 47 Pebbles on a grave 449 Sources and Acknowledgements 453 Illustration credits 476 |
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| spelling | Brokken, Jan 1949- Verfasser (DE-588)120424622 aut De rechtvaardigen (2018) The just how six unlikely heroes saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust Jan Brokken ; translated by David McKay Australian edition Melbourne, Victoria Scribe Publications 2021 vi, 478 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts txt rdacontent sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published in Dutch as De rechtvaardigen. Amsterdam : Atlas Contact, 2018 The remarkable story of how a consul and his allies helped save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in one of the greatest rescue operations of the twentieth century. In May 1940, Jan Zwartendijk, the director of the Lithuanian branch of the Philips electrical-goods company, stepped into history when he accepted the honorary role of Dutch consul. In Kaunas, the capital of Lithuania, desperate Jewish refugees faced annihilation in the Holocaust. That was when Zwartendijk, with the help of Chiune Sugihara, the consul for Japan, and the Dutch ambassador in Riga, Latvia -- chose to break his country's diplomatic rules. He opened up a possible route to freedom through the ruse of issuing visas to the Dutch colony of Curacao on the other side of the world. Thanks to these visas, and Sugihara's approval of onward passage, many Jews - up to 10,000 - were able to travel on the Trans-Siberian Express all through Soviet Russia to Vladivostok, further to Japan, and onwards to China. Most of the Jews whom Zwartendijk helped escape survived the war, and they and their descendants settled in America, Canada, Australia, and other countries. Zwartendijk and Sugihara were true heroes, and yet they were both shunned by their own countries after the war, and their courageous, unstinting actions have remained relatively unknown. In The Just, renowned Dutch author Jan Brokken wrests this heroic story from oblivion and traces the journeys of a number of the rescued Jews. This epic narrative shows how, even in life-threatening circumstances, some people make the right choice at the right time. It is a lesson in character and courage Translated from the Dutch Zwartendijk, Jan 1896-1976 (DE-588)1062904672 gnd rswk-swf Sugihara, Chiune 1900-1986 (DE-588)119508907 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1940 gnd rswk-swf Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd rswk-swf Rettung (DE-588)4231103-2 gnd rswk-swf Kaunas (DE-588)4217158-1 gnd rswk-swf Zwartendijk, Jan / 1896-1976 Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust / Netherlands World War, 1939-1945 / Jews / Rescue / Lithuania Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust Lithuania Netherlands 1939-1945 Biographies (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Zwartendijk, Jan 1896-1976 (DE-588)1062904672 p Sugihara, Chiune 1900-1986 (DE-588)119508907 p Kaunas (DE-588)4217158-1 g Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 s Rettung (DE-588)4231103-2 s Geschichte 1940 z DE-604 McKay, David 1973- (DE-588)1181390354 trl Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032696037&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title_alt | De rechtvaardigen (2018) |
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| title_full | The just how six unlikely heroes saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust Jan Brokken ; translated by David McKay |
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