Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe

Why, during the Holocaust, did some ordinary people risk their lives and the lives of their families to help others--even total strangers--while others stood passively by? Samuel Oliner, a Holocaust survivor who has interviewed more than 700 European rescuers and nonrescuers, provides some surprising answers in this compelling work.

Author: Samuel P. Oliner
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 04/19/1992
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.14w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780029238295

About the Author
Oliner, Samuel P.: - Samuel P. Oliner is founder and director of The Altruistic Personalist and Prosocial Behavior Institute. He is professor of sociology at Humboldt State University.