Bibliograph

The man who stopped the trains to Auschwitz, George Mantello, El Salvador, and Switzerland's finest hour, David Kranzler ; with foreword by Joseph I. Lieberman

Type

Label

The man who stopped the trains to Auschwitz, George Mantello, El Salvador, and Switzerland's finest hour, David Kranzler ; with foreword by Joseph I. Lieberman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The man who stopped the trains to Auschwitz

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

David Kranzler ; with foreword by Joseph I. Lieberman

Series statement

Religion, theology, and the Holocaust

Sub title

George Mantello, El Salvador, and Switzerland's finest hour

Summary

Kranzler documents the efforts of George Mantello, a Salvadoran diplomat posted to Switzerland, to save the Jews of Budapest from deportation to Auschwitz. He sparked public protest throughout Switzerland and the world that saved more than 140,000 people

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