"The Righteous" - Non-Jews Helping Jews
in Nazi-Occupied Europe During the Holocaust

Ackerman, Diane. The Zookeeper's Wife: The True Story of How the Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo Saved Hundreds of People from Nazi Hands. New York: W.W. Norton, c2007. 940.531 A18Z 2007 (Also available as a CD audiobook)

Bacque, James. Just Raoul: The Private War against the Nazis of Raoul Laporterie, Who Saved Over 1600 Lives in France. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishers, 1992. 940.534 B13J 1992

Bartoszewski, Wladyslaw. The Samaritans: Heroes of the Holocaust. New York, Twayne Publishers, 1970. 940.534 B28S 1970

Bar-Zohar, Michael. Beyond Hitler's Grasp: The Heroic Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews. Holbrook, MA: Adams Media Corp., c1998. 949.9 B23B 1998

Carol Rittner, Carol. The Courage to Care: Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press, c1986. 940.531 C83R 1986

Chalice Well Productions. The Power of Conscience: How Danish Citizens Banded Together to Hide and Transport Over 7,000 Jews to Sweden. (VHS videorecording). Santa Monica , CA: Direct Cinema, c1994. VHS 948.9 P87P

Crowe, David. Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List. Cambridge, MA: Westview Press, 2004. 940.531 CROWE 2004

Duffy, Peter. The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis and Saved 1,200 Jews. New York: HarperCollins, c2003. 940.531 DUFFY 2003

Fogelman, Eva. Conscience & Courage: Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. New York: Anchor Books, c1994. 940.531 F68C 1994

Fralon, José Alain. A Good Man in Evil Times: The Story of Aristides De Sousa Mendes, the Man Who Saved the Lives of Countless Refugees in World War II. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2001. 940.531 FRALON 2000

Gies, Miep. Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1987. 940.531 GIES 1987 (Also available as a Large Print Book)

Gilbert, Martin. The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust. New York: Henry Holt, c2003. 940.531 GILBERT 2003

Goldberger, Leo (Editor).The Rescue of the Danish Jews: Moral Courage under Stress. New York: New York University Press, c1987. 948.9 R31G 1987

Good, Michael. The Search for Major Plagge: The Nazi Who Saved Jews. New York: Fordham University Press, 2005. 940.531 GOOD 2005

Halter, Marek. Stories of Deliverance: Speaking with Men and Women Who Rescued Jews from the Holocaust. Chicago: Open Court, c1998. 940.531 H16S 1998

Hellman, Peter. Avenue of the Righteous. New York: Atheneum, 1980. 940.531 H36A 1980

Huneke, Douglas K. The Moses of Rovno: The Stirring Story of Fritz Graebe, A German Christian Who Risked His Life to Lead Hundreds of Jews to Safety During the Holocaust. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1985. 940.531 H89M 1985

Klempner, Mark. The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2006. 940.531 KLEMPNER 2006

Kranzler, David. The Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz: George Matello, El Salvador, and Switzerland’s finest Hour. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 2000. 940.531 K86M 2000

Kurek, Ewa. Your Life Is Worth Mine: How Polish Nuns Saved Hundreds of Jewish Children in German-Occupied Poland, 1939-1945. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1996. 940.531 K96Y 1997

Lambert, Gilles. Operation Hazalah: The Rescue of Hungarian Jews. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1974. 940.534 L17O 1974

Levine, Hillel. In Search of Sugihara: The Elusive Japanese Diplomat Who Rescued 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust. New York, N.Y: Free Press, 1996. 940.531 L57I 1996

Marino, Andy. A Quiet American: The Secret War of Varian Fry (who rescued Marc Chagall and many other Jews). New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 940.548 M33Q 1999

Meyers, Odette. Doors to Madame Marie: The Search for the Catholic Godmother Who Sheltered a Jewish Girl in Nazi-Occupied France. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997. 940.531 M57D 1997

Michalczyk, John J. (Editor). Resisters, Rescuers, and Refugees: Historical and Ethical Issues. Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, c1997. 940.531 R31M 1997

Oliner, Samuel P. The Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe. New York: Free Press, c1988. 940.547 O46A 1988

Opdyke, Irene Gut. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. New York: Knopf, c1999. 940.531 O61I 1999

Paldiel, Mordecai. Saving the Jews: Amazing Stories of Men and Women Who Defied the "Final Solution." Rockville, MD: Schreiber, c2000. 940.531 PALDIEL 2000

Paldiel, Mordecai. The Path of the Righteous: Gentile Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav, c1993. 940.531 P17P 1993

Paldiel, Mordecai. The Righteous Among the Nations: Profiles of Non-Jews Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. 940.531 P17R 2007

Paulsson, Gunnar S. Secret City: The Hidden Jews of Warsaw, 1940-1945. New Haven: Yale University Press, c2002. 940.531 PAULSSON 2002

Ramati, Alexander. The Assisi Underground: The Priests Who Rescued Jews. New York: Stein and Day, 1978. 940.535 R14A 1978

Rigg, Bryan Mark. Rescued from the Reich: How One of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe. New Haven: Yale University Press, c2004. 940.531 RIGG 2004

Rittner, Carol (Editor). The Courage to Care: Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press, c1986. 940.531 C83R 1986

Rosenfeld, Harvey. Raoul Wallenberg (CD sound recording). Ashland, OR: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2005. CD 940.547 WALLENBERG

Rychlak, Ronald J. Righteous Gentiles: How Pius XII and the Catholic Church Saved Half a Million Jews From the Nazis. Dallas: Spence Publishing Co., c2005. 940.531 RYCHLAK 2005

Stille, Alexander. Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism. New York: Summit Books, c1991. 945.004 S85B 1991

Tec, Nechama. When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 940.531 T22W 1986

Tokayer, Marvin. The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II. New York: Paddington Press, c1979. 940.531 T57F 1979

Tschuy, Theo. Dangerous Diplomacy: The Story of Carl Lutz, Rescuer of 62,000 Hungarian Jews. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, c2000. 940.531 TSCHUY 2000

Werner, Emmy E. A Conspiracy of Decency: The Rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002. 940.531 WERNER 2002

Zuccotti, Susan. The Italians and the Holocaust: Persecution, Rescue, and Survival. New York: Basic Books, c1987. 940.531 Z94I 1987
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

http://ddickerson.igc.org/survivors.html   This Web site provides annotated links and original material about Holocaust survivors and rescuers.

www.holocaustforgotten.com/Opdyke.htm   How a student nurse hid Jews inside a German officers' villa in Poland.

www.qcc.cuny.edu/HRCA/news/to_save_one_life_p4.htm   The story of righteous gentiles, with statistics, from the web site of the Holocaust Resource Center and Archives of Queensborough Community College in New York.

www.ushmm.org/research/library/   Web site of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Click on “Weblinks” and then “Rescue” for links for information on Holocaust rescuers.

www1.yadvashem.org/righteous_new/index.html The Righteous Among the Nations, from Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Israel.

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