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These stories show Christians who risked everything to save Jews from the holocaust
A powerful call for the kind of courage that is found in Christ
Anna Hockley
Christian Books Specialist
Prologue
Introduction
The Nazi Holocaust: A Timeline
Chapter 1: A Most Unorthodox Nun: Mother Maria of Paris
Chapter 2: Pestilent Priests: Revd Hugh Grimes and Revd Frederick Collard, Vienna
Chapter 3: The Borders of Heaven: Jane Haining, Budapest
Chapter 4: No Hiding Place: Corrie ten Boom, Harlem
Chapter 5: Quakers and U-boats: Dr Elisabeth Abegg, Berlin
Chapter 6: The Constant Midwife: Stanislawa Leszczynska, Lódz
Chapter 7: The Monk on a Bicycle: Dom Bruno Reynders, Brussels
Chapter 8: The Vatican Pimpernel: Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, Rome
Chapter 9: Committed Swedes: Pastors Erik Perwe and Erik Myrgren, Berlin
Chapter 10: An Elusive Missionary: Elsie Tilney, Vittel
'Some books have to be written . . . Defying the Holocaust will make your heart pound.' - Steve Chalke MBE
In the darkest days of the Second World War, the Nazis murdered approximately six million European Jews. Defying the Holocaust tells ten stories of Christians from different countries, various churches and contrasting situations who courageously strove to protect and save Jews. They include:
- a Quaker teacher in Nazi Berlin who led an underground rescue network
- a Polish Catholic midwife in Auschwitz who defied the infamous Dr Mengele
- an interned English missionary who concealed a Polish Jew in her bathroom
- the 'Vatican Pimpernel' – a flamboyant Irish Monsignor who oversaw daring rescues
Executed by the Nazis after smuggling more than two hundred Jews to safety, the Dutch Christian Joop Westerweel quoted Matthew's Gospel: 'Those who lose their life for my sake will find it.'
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Tim Dowley
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Published
January 2020
Weight
273g
Page Count
192
Dimensions
12.2 x 19.5 x 2.1 cm
ISBN
9780281083626
ISBN-10
0281083622
Eden Code
5078086