Unlikely heroes : the place of Holocaust rescuers in research and teaching / edited by Ari Kohen and Gerald J. Steinacher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Ari Kohen and Gerald J. Steinacher -- Part 1. Research about rescue -- Holocaust rescuers in historical and academic scholarship / Roy G. Koepp -- The saved and the betrayed: hidden Jews in the Nazi protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia / Benjamin Frommer -- The final rescue? Liberation and the Holocaust / Mark Celinscak -- The war refugee board: formulating rescue from Washington / Rebecca Erbelding -- Raol Wallenberg: the making of an American hero / Michael Dick -- The university in exile and the garden of Eden: Alvin Johnson and his rescue efforts for European Jews and intellectuals / Gerald J. Steinacher and Brian Barmettler -- Part 2. Teaching about rescue -- From saints to sinners: teaching about the motivations of rescuers of Jews through documentary and feature films / Lawrence Baron -- Complicating the narrative: Oskar Schindler, Schindler's list, and the classroom / Mark Gudgel -- Teaching the lesson of moral courage through writing / Liz Feldstern and Amanda Ryan -- Suggested further reading and films -- Contributors -- Index.