Searching for Major Plagge : the Nazi who saved Jews / / Michael Good

• Autore: Good Michael <1957->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Fordham University Press, 2006
• Edizione: Expanded ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (532 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/1835092
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Persecutions - Lithuania; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Lithuania; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust - Germany
• Soggetto geografico: Lithuania Ethnic relations
• Note generali: "Second edition"--T.p. verso.; Earlier ed. published under title: The search for Major Plage.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; preface to the second edition; Part I: An American Awakening; Introduction; 1 Family Journey; Part II: The Holocaust; 2 The Destruction of the Jews of Vilna; 3 The Gduds; 4 The Esterowicz; Part III: The Search For Major Plagge; 5 Searching Through the Mists of Time; 6 The Discoveries; 7 Who Is a Hero?; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Appendix A: Transcript of the Denazification Trial of Karl Plagge; Appendix B: Letters of Karl Plagge to Attorney Strauss; Appendix C: Good Family Tree; Index; Footnotes; Page 3; Page 11; Page 12 ; Page 23Page 24; Page 26; Page 28; Page 29; Page 30; Page 31; Page 33; Page 34; Page 35; Page 37; Page 38; Page 39; Page 40; Page 43; Page 53; Page 56; Page 57; Page 58; Page 59; Page 62; Page 64; Page 65; Page 66; Page 68; Page 69; Page 71; Page 72; Page 73; Page 74; Page 76; Page 77; Page 80; Page 84; Page 101; Page 105; Page 109; Page 111; Page 115; Page 117; Page 118; Page 119; Page 120; Page 121; Page 122; Page 123; Page 124; Page 125; Page 127; Page 128; Page 129; Page 130; Page 131; Page 132; Page 133; Page 134; Page 141; Page 142; Page 145; Page 152; Page 153; Page 155; Page 161 ; Page 166Page 170; Page 171; Page 175; Page 183; Page 192; Page 193; Page 195; Page 196; Page 197; Page 199; Page 200; Page 201; Page 202; Page 203; Page 204; Page 205; Page 206; Page 208; Page 209; Page 212; Page 257; Page 260
• Sommario/riassunto: When The Search for Major Plagge was published last spring, the world finally learned about a unique hero?and about one American doctor?s extraordinary journey to tell Karl Plagge?s story.Part detective story, part personal quest, Michael Good?s book is the story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilna ghetto ?including the life of Good?s mother, Pearl. Who was this enigmatic officer Pearl Good had spoken of so often?After five years of research?interviewing survivors, assembling a team that could work to open German files untouched for
• Titolo autorizzato: Searching for Major Plagge
• ISBN: 0-8232-4694-9; 0-8232-2442-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821749003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II