BooksDirect

Description - When Light Pierced the Darkness by Nechama Tec

Everyone knows the name of Anne Frank but few people remember anything about the people who sheltered her. Who were the rescuers and what motivated them to risk their lives for persecuted Jews? Clearly such people deserve to be remembered and honored. And clearly an understanding of their motivations may help us cultivate such behavior in our own day. Focusing on such "righteous Christians," Tec, herself a survivor helped by Poles, vividly
recreates what it was like to pass and hide among Christians and what it was like for Poles to rescue Jews. Concentrating on Poland, the Nazi center for Jewish annihilation, Tec amassed a vast array of
published accounts, unpublished testimonies, and interviews, yielding case histories of over 500 Polish helpers, preserving for posterity the heroism of such people, and filling a significant gap in our knowledge of the Holocaust.

Buy When Light Pierced the Darkness by Nechama Tec from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.

A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Resistance
Hardback , Aug '13
RRP: $82.22 $73.99
In the Lion's Den
Paperback , Apr '10
RRP: $45.05 $40.54
Resilience and Courage
Paperback , Sep '04
RRP: $74.95 $67.45
Dry Tears
Paperback , Jul '93
RRP: $53.01 $47.70
Defiance
Paperback , Jan '09
RRP: $45.05 $40.54
Every Day Lasts a Year
Hardback , Oct '07
RRP: $55.95 $50.35