Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust

Between the years 1933 and 1945, Adolf Hitler organized the Murder of six million Jews while the world looked on silently. But not all people stood back in fear. In every Nazioccupied Country, at every level of society, there were non-Jews who had the courage to resist. From the king of Denmark, refusing to force Jewish Danes to wear yellow stars, to the Dutch student, registering Jewish babies as Gentiles and hiding children in her home, a small number of people had the strength to reject the inhumanity they were ordered to support.

Here are their stories: thrilling, terrifying, and most of all, inspiring. For in the horror that was the Holocaust, some human decency could still shine through.

"There are no Rambo-style heroics here, just short accounts of quiet bravery. It is an inspiring testimonial."

--The San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle

'A companion to Never to Forget, this is the story of those gentiles who sought to rescue their Jewish neighbors from annihilation during World War II. Succeeding chapters describe the efforts of Germans, Poles, Danes, and others to save Jewish friends and strangers from the Nazis. A story that needs telling." 'SLJ.

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Author: Milton Meltzer
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/30/1991
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.03w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780064461177

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 7121 / Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/06/1991

About the Author
Meltzer, Milton: - Milton Meltzer, a Christopher Award and Jane Addams Children's Book Award winner, is the author of over eighty books in the fields of history, biography, and social reform. His most recent books are The Amazing Potato, a 1993 ALA Notable Children's Book, Gold and Hold Your Horses!. He lives in New York City.

Winner of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal