LEADER 02555cam a2200469 i 4500001 291996 005 20240624132637.0 008 231125s2023 nyua b 001 0deng 010 2023016628 020 9781541619852 |q(hardback) 020 |z9781541619845 |q(ebook) 035 (DLC) 2023016628 035 (DLC)291996 042 pcc 043 e-pl---e-sz--- 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dDLC 050 00 D804.6 |b.M667 2023 082 00 940.53/1835 |223/eng/20230609 100 1 Moorhouse, Roger, |eauthor. 245 14 The forgers : |bthe forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation / |cRoger Moorhouse. 246 30 Forgotten story of the Holocaust's most audacious rescue operation 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bBasic Books, |c2023. 300 339 pages : |billustrations ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index. 520 "In The Forgers, Roger Moorhouse unfolds this never-before-told history Holocaust resistance, illuminating the remarkable story of Polish diplomats, Jewish activists, Japanese bureaucrats, and ordinary people the world over who systematically forged as many as 10,000 passports and saved hundreds, potentially thousands, of Jewish lives. Drawing upon first-hand accounts and survivor testimony with new research and revelations about the Lados Group, Moorhouse unspools the lives, work, and valor of Aleksander Lados, Stefan Ryniewicz, Konstanty Rokicki, Juliusz Kuhl, Chaim Eiss, Abraham Silberschein, six members of the Polish government-in-exile who seized an opportunity to do good in the face of a world at war"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024 599 Shelved at 48-1-6 610 20 Grupa Ładosia. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xJews |xRescue |zPoland. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xJews |xRescue |zSwitzerland. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xUnderground movements |zPoland. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zPoland. 650 0 Identification cards |xForgeries |zPoland. 650 0 Forgery |zPoland |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Identification cards |xForgeries |zSwitzerland. 650 0 Forgery |zSwitzerland |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Diplomatic and consular service, Polish |zSwitzerland. 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 48-1-6