03132nam 2200649 450 991051059110332120211129184918.01-61811-450-610.1515/9781618114501(CKB)2670000000587313(SSID)ssj0001455935(PQKBManifestationID)11786273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001455935(PQKBWorkID)11408266(PQKB)10278028(MiAaPQ)EBC3110571(MiAaPQ)EBC5498384(DE-B1597)541047(OCoLC)898755943(DE-B1597)9781618114501(Au-PeEL)EBL3110571(CaPaEBR)ebr11001429(CaONFJC)MIL921980(EXLCZ)99267000000058731320150114h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe righteous of the Wehrmacht /Simon Malkes ; translated from the French by Lilyana YankovaBoston, Massachusetts :Academic Studies Press,2015.©20151 online resource (114 pages) illustrations, photographsIncludes index.1-61811-449-2 1-322-50002-9 Front matter --Contents --Introduction --Preface --Names Concordance --Chapter One. My Childhood in Wilno and Holszany (1930-1939) --Chapter Two. The War: The Soviet Occupation (1939-1941) --Chapter Three. The War: The German Occupation (1941-1944) --Chapter Four. The HKP (1943-1944) --Chapter Five. Liberation, Vilnius, and Lodz (1944-1949) --Chapter Six. University Years in Munich (1949-1952) --Chapter Seven. Paris (1952-1961) --Chapter Eight. Work, Family, and Homeland (1961-2012) --Chapter Nine. Major Karl Plagge (1897-1957) --Appendix --Acknowledgements --IndexThe Righteous of the Wehrmachtz describes the life of the author's family in Vilnius before and during WWII and under the Nazi occupation, depicting their miraculous survival thanks to the German officer Karl Plagge. Plagge played a vital role in the survival of more than one hundred Jews, and for this is known as "the Schindler from Darmstadt." After liberation by the Red Army, the author's family moved first to Poland and then to France, forging their lives as refugees with gratitude and courage.JewsLithuaniaVilniusBiographyHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)LithuaniaVilniusPersonal narrativesRighteous Gentiles in the HolocaustGermanyBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945JewsRescueLithuaniaJewsHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Righteous Gentiles in the HolocaustWorld War, 1939-1945JewsRescue940.531835092Malkes Simon1066117Yankova LilyanaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910510591103321The righteous of the Wehrmacht2548616UNINA