Unlikely Heroes The Place of Holocaust Rescuers in Research and Teaching / edited by Ari Kohen and Gerald J. Steinacher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steinacher, Gerald, editor.

Kohen, Ari, 1977- editor.

Series:

Contemporary Holocaust Studies

Contemporary holocaust studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in textbooks.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Study and teaching.

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages).

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Summary:

Classes and books on the Holocaust often center on the experiences of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, but rescuers also occupy a prominent space in Holocaust courses and literature even though incidents of rescue were relatively few and rescuers constituted less than 1 percent of the population in Nazi-occupied Europe. As inspiring figures and role models, rescuers challenge us to consider how we would act if we found ourselves in similarly perilous situations of grave moral import. Their stories speak to us and move us. Yet this was not always the case. Seventy years ago these brave men and women, today regarded as the Righteous Among the Nations, went largely unrecognized; indeed, sometimes they were even singled out for abuse from their co-nationals for their selfless actions. Unlikely Heroes traces the evolution of the humanitarian hero, looking at the ways in which historians, politicians, and filmmakers have treated individual rescuers like Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler, as well as the rescue efforts of humanitarian organizations. Contributors in this edited collection also explore classroom possibilities for dealing with the role of rescuers, at both the university and the secondary level.

Contents:

Part I

Holocaust Rescuers in Historical and Academic Scholarship

The Saved and the Betrayed

The Final Rescue?

The War Refugee Board

Raoul Wallenberg

The University in Exile and the Garden of Eden

Part 2

From Saints to Sinners

Complicating the Narrative

Teaching the Lesson of Moral Courage through Writing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496216304

149621630X

9781496216328

1496216326

OCLC:

1088892114