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The heart has reasons, Holocaust rescuers and their stories of courage, Mark Klempner

Label
The heart has reasons, Holocaust rescuers and their stories of courage, Mark Klempner
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223)
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The heart has reasons
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Mark Klempner
Sub title
Holocaust rescuers and their stories of courage
Summary
Recounts the stories of men and women who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and explores what others can learn through their stories about courage, determination, and compassion
Table Of Contents
Foreword by Christopher R. Browning -- Map of the Netherlands -- Beginnings -- Background -- Invincible Summer / Hetty Voute -- Faith Like a Rock / Heiltje Kooistra -- Chemistry of Compassion / Rut Matthijsen -- On Wings of Song / Gisela Sohnlein -- Divine Mother / Clara Dijkstra -- Just the Human Thing To Do / Kees Veenstra -- A Glimpse of Grace / Janet Kalff -- Mastermind of the Heart / Pieter Meerburg -- Staring Truth in the Face / Mieke Vermeer -- Laughing It All Away / Theo Leenders -- The Heart Has Reasons -- Reflections -- Endings -- Comments and acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Source materials bibliography
Target audience
adult