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The road to rescue, the untold story of Schindler's list, Mietek Pemper ; in collaboration with Viktoria Hertling ; assisted by Marie Elisabeth Müller ; translated by David Dollenmayer

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The road to rescue, the untold story of Schindler's list, Mietek Pemper ; in collaboration with Viktoria Hertling ; assisted by Marie Elisabeth Müller ; translated by David Dollenmayer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-233) and index
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Index
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The road to rescue
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Mietek Pemper ; in collaboration with Viktoria Hertling ; assisted by Marie Elisabeth Müller ; translated by David Dollenmayer
Sub title
the untold story of Schindler's list
Summary
A compelling Holocaust memoir describes how a young Polish Jew became the personal stenographer--thanks to his knowledge of German--to sadistic camp commandant Amon Göth, in which position he familiarized himself with the Nazi bureaucracy and used his access to pass on classified information that helped Oskar Schindler compile his famous lists
Table Of Contents
Kraków in peacetime, 1918-1939 -- The invasion -- In the ghetto -- Amon Göth, Oskar Schindler, and the Kraków-Płaszów camp -- The trick with the production tables -- A surprising revelation during the trial of Gerhard Maurer -- Płaszów becomes a concentration camp -- Oskar Schindler, one of the righteous among the nations -- The untold story of how Schindler's list came to be -- The liberation of Brünnlitz -- Return to Kraków, a city without Jews -- Murderers without remorse -- Why we must never forget
Target audience
adult
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Untold story of Schindler's list
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