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Agnes Grunwald-Spier owes her life to someone she has never met. As a baby, she was lucky enough to be saved from death by an unknown Nazi official... I have no means of knowing who that official was and what his motives were. But it is chilling to think that but for his actions, on arrival at Auschwitz I would have been tossed into the fires with other babies. --The Jewish Chronicle, 18th June 2010
...moving stories of non-Jews...who braved torture and death to save Jews from the Nazis. The author, an expert on the Holocaust saved as a baby from being sent to Aushwitz death camp, has produced a concise book on many of those who risked everything to save people targeted by the Germans. --Western Daily Press
Saviours' backgrounds, motives and methods are fascinatingly mixed: one, brought up to be a Good Samaritan, managed to marry six Jewish women in concentration camps, entitling them to visas to leave occupied Europe for the US. --Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
...moving stories of non-Jews...who braved torture and death to save Jews from the Nazis. The author, an expert on the Holocaust saved as a baby from being sent to Aushwitz death camp, has produced a concise book on many of those who risked everything to save people targeted by the Germans. --Western Daily Press
Saviours' backgrounds, motives and methods are fascinatingly mixed: one, brought up to be a Good Samaritan, managed to marry six Jewish women in concentration camps, entitling them to visas to leave occupied Europe for the US. --Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
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Thanks to Thomas Keneally's book Schindler's Ark, and the film based on it, Schindler's List, we have become more aware of the fact that, in the midst of Hitler's extermination of the Jews, courage and humanity could still overcome evil. While 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime, some were saved through the actions of non-Jews whose consciences would not allow them to pass by on the other side, and many are honoured by Yad Vashem as 'Righteous Among the Nations' for their actions. As a baby, Agnes Grunwald-Spier was herself saved from the horrors of Auschwitz by an unknown official, and is now a trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. She has collected together the stories of thirty individuals who rescued Jews, and these provide a new insight into why these people were prepared to risk so much for their fellow men and women. With a foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, one of the leading experts on the subject, this is an ultimately uplifting account of how some good deeds really do shine in a weary world. 'Unfortunately, to kill thousands of people only a few men with machine guns are needed, and they do not risk anything except their souls. Saving of just one man involved exceptional devotion, undescribable courage of many people, and they were risking not only their lives, but also those of their children.' Irena Veisaite 'Unfortunately, to kill thousands of people only a few men with machine guns are needed, and they do not risk anything except their souls. Saving of just one man involved exceptional devotion, undescribable courage of many people, and they were risking not only their lives, but also those of their children.' Irena Veisaite 'Unfortunately, to kill thousands of people only a few men with machine guns are needed, and they do not risk anything except their souls. Saving of just one man involved exceptional devotion, undescribable courage of many people, and they were risking not only their lives, but also those of their children.' Irena Veisaite
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A thoroughly researched and candid approach to a fundamental question of society: "Are we equally responsible for the consequences of our in-action, as we are for those of our actions?"
This book recollects acts of great personal sacrifice in a time when it was all too easy to focus on ones own self-preservation. Through her thought provoking analysis Agnes Grunwald-Spier uncovers the stories of individuals who were willing to take the moral stance in the face of persecution and thereby earning the great honour bestowed upon them as "Righteous Among Nations"
The power of this book however lies in the author's ability to turn the question on the reader, asking us to reflect upon our own actions within our lives. I am sure that we would all like to think that have the courage to help our neighbours in times of need, but it is all too obvious that this is often not the case.
This book recollects acts of great personal sacrifice in a time when it was all too easy to focus on ones own self-preservation. Through her thought provoking analysis Agnes Grunwald-Spier uncovers the stories of individuals who were willing to take the moral stance in the face of persecution and thereby earning the great honour bestowed upon them as "Righteous Among Nations"
The power of this book however lies in the author's ability to turn the question on the reader, asking us to reflect upon our own actions within our lives. I am sure that we would all like to think that have the courage to help our neighbours in times of need, but it is all too obvious that this is often not the case.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It is difficult to read this book and not be awed by the compassion and courage of the rescuers and the strength and fortitude of those who were persecuted during the Nazi era. Agnes Grunwald-Spier is to be commended for the meticulous research and measured writing which has gone into 'The Other Schindlers'
This book is ultimately a reminder of the enduring goodness of some brave individuals amidst the unimaginable horrors of fascism in Europe and the Holocaust.
Read this book, then talk about the issues and the moral questions it raises.
The world is still very much a place that requires us to remember.
This book is ultimately a reminder of the enduring goodness of some brave individuals amidst the unimaginable horrors of fascism in Europe and the Holocaust.
Read this book, then talk about the issues and the moral questions it raises.
The world is still very much a place that requires us to remember.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read this whilst on holiday in Bavaria - the very place where some of the atrocities took place that Agnes describes in her facinating book! Like most people I was aware of the Schindler story and saw the film, but was heartened to find that Oscar Schindler was not the only one who helped jewish people to escape or avoid death. This book should be in every school library as a reminder of the horrors that humans are capable of, and as food for thought to pupils studying wars and trying to understand human motives in extreme conditions. The holocaust will never be forgotton whilst such research is published to remind us of this shameful episode in Europe's history.
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How my people suffered and still do!
The book is academically written and is a wonderfull book, something the world has been waiting for! Read more
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The Other Schindlers (a must read and learn the lessons)
It would be impossible to read this book without being moved by the contents unless you do not have one ounce of compassion in you. Read more
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I bought this book for my daughter, who had already read schindlers list. She has said that it is a brilliant book that really makes you appreciate what other people, previously... Read more
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Agnes Grunwald-Spier has written a most interesting book about some very brave people who chose to save Jews in the holocaust. Read more
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