Non-Fiction Books:

The Unlikely Hero of Sobrance

(Sobrance, Slovakia)
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Following World War Two, the surviving Jews of Eastern Europe, especially Poland, felt insecure and threatened. The Shoah survivors that returned from the labor and concentration camps and those that returned from Russia began to disappear without a trace. No papers, no visas, no passports and yet thousands moved mainly to Czechoslovakia and onwards to Germany and Austria. I was amongst those Polish Jews who left Poland without leaving a trace. I was always wondering who organized, financed, and transported us from Poland to Central Europe. There was no Jewish government or Agency that officially assumed this task. Another question: why did Czechoslovakia consent to this massive transfer of people? True, the Czech government was friendly and well-disposed to Jews but it required a large outlay of money and a strong will to resist British demands to close all Czech borders to Jews. Czechoslovakia stood its ground. We wanted to know who specifically stood behind these decisions and enabled about 250,000 Jews to reach the German and Austrian D.P. camps in the American-occupied zones. Zdenek Toman was one of the important executors of this plan from his position in the Czech Ministry of Interior. He saved thousands of Jews from further anti-Semitic hardships and pogroms. Little is known about this corner of history; therefore, we decided to devote a book to him and memorialize his endeavors for which he paid a heavy price. William Leibner and Larry Price, Jerusalem, Israel

Author Biography:

Nili Goldman is a graphic designer and a professional genealogy researcher. She graduated from the Department of Visual Communication in Bezalel, Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem and lives in Ramat Gan, Israel. Her web site is http: //amitay97.wixsite.com/mysite
Release date Australia
October 19th, 2016
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Cover design or artwork by Nili Goldman
Illustrations
95 illustrations
Pages
212
Dimensions
216x279x13
ISBN-13
9781939561459
Product ID
26237141

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