LEADER 04254cam a2200697 i 4500001 294416 005 20240622101046.0 008 190423t20192019cauac b 000 0 eng d 010 2019940523 020 1631526367 |q(paperback) 020 9781631526367 |q(paperback) 035 (OCoLC)on1122791369 035 294416 042 lccopycat 043 e-ne--- 049 LHMA 041 0 eng 040 EZN |beng |erda |cDLC |dEZN |dBDX |dOCLCF |dSTF |dNZAUC |dYDX |dORE |dJ9U |dOCLCO |dOCLCL |dLHM 050 00 D804.66.C35 |bN87 2019 100 1 Nussbaum, Laureen, |d1927- |eauthor. 245 10 Shedding our stars : |bthe story of Hans Calmeyer and how he saved thousands of families like mine / |cLaureen Nussbaum with Karen Kirtley. 264 1 Berkeley, CA : |bShe Writes Press, |c2019. 264 4 |c©2019 300 251 pages : |billustrations, portraits ; |c22 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 Early childhood in Frankfurt -- Hans Calmeyer -- Settling in the Netherlands -- The first years of German occupation -- An official at the Reich Commissariat -- Wearing the Star of David -- Different destinies -- Roundups -- Sabotaging Hitler's final solution -- The tide Is turning -- Bolting out of reach -- Barograph -- Hunger winter -- Liberation -- In detention -- New beginning -- Denazification -- Where to fit in? -- Uncharted future -- Restoration -- Embracing new life -- The world Is open -- Slightly eccentric -- Too little, too little! -- Academe and real life -- Wrestling the past -- Preparing for death -- A circle closes -- A devastating loss -- Fulfilling my promise. 520 "During the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940 to 1945, all Jews were ordered to register the religion of their grandparents. The Reichskommissar appointed the young lawyer Hans Calmeyer to adjudicate "doubtful cases." Calmeyer used his assignment to save at least 3,700 Jews from deportation and death, dwarfing the number saved by Schindler's famous rescue operation."--Back cover. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Calmeyer, Hans, |d1903-1972. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zNetherlands |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 Jews |xPersecutions |zNetherlands. 650 0 Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 Holocaust survivors |zNetherlands. 650 6 Holocauste, 1939-1945 |zPays-Bas |0(CaQQLa)000260699 |vRécits personnels. |0(CaQQLa)201-0128307 650 6 Juifs |xPersécutions |0(CaQQLa)201-0011804 |zPays-Bas. |0(CaQQLa)000260699 650 6 Justes de toutes les nations pendant l'Holocauste |0(CaQQLa)201-0204861 |vRécits personnels. |0(CaQQLa)201-0377735 650 6 Survivants de l'Holocauste |0(CaQQLa)201-0128408 |zPays-Bas. |0(CaQQLa)000260699 600 17 Calmeyer, Hans, |d1903-1972. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00483965 650 7 Holocaust survivors. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958838 650 7 Jews |xPersecutions. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983322 650 7 Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01097945 651 7 Netherlands. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204034 600 17 Calmeyer, Hans, |d1903-1972. |2nli 650 7 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zNetherlands |vPersonal narratives. |2nli 650 7 Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust |vBiography. |2nli 650 7 Holocaust survivors |vBiography. |2nli 650 7 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xRescue |zNetherlands. |2nli 647 7 Jewish Holocaust |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 2 Biography. |0(DNLM)D019215 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Personal narratives. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423843 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Biographies. |2rvmgf |0(CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000519 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 700 1 Kirtley, Karen, |eauthor. 758 |ihas work:Shedding our stars (Text) |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGK4xrXRYDYKf3vXFktD4q |4https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 852 0 |bscstacks |hD804.66.C35 |iN87 2019