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In the Garden of the Righteous
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Powerfully illuminating and inspiring profiles that pay tribute to the incredible deeds of the Righteous Among the Nations, little-known heroes who saved countless lives during the Holocaust.
“Richard Hurowitz’s heroes have little in common: They are German circus ringmasters, Greek archbishops, two-time Italian Tour de France winners, Polish doctors’ daughters, Japanese diplomats. What joins them is the refusal to surrender their consciences. Under Nazi eyes, they all sheltered, supported, or rescued Jews, often at tremendous personal expense. And each shines in these stirring, spirited pages like a beacon amid darkness.”—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Witches and The Revolutionary
Amid the horror of the Holocaust darkness, there were glimmers of light—courageous individuals who risked everything to save those hunted by the Nazis. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, has recognized more than 27,000 individuals as “Righteous Among the Nations”—non-Jewish people, including Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler, who risked their lives to save their persecuted neighbors.
In the Garden of the Righteous chronicles extraordinary acts at a time when the moral choices were stark, the threat immense, and the passive apathy of millions predominated. Deeply researched and astonishingly moving, it focuses on ten remarkable stories, including that of the circus ringmaster Adolf Althoff and his wife, Maria; the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes; the Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali; the Polish social worker Irena Sendler; and the Japanese spy Chiune Sugihara. These heroes provided hiding places, participated in underground networks, refused to betray their neighbors, and secured safe passage to save the persecuted. They repeatedly defied authorities and risked their lives, their livelihoods, and their families. In the Garden of the Righteous is a profound testament to their kindness and courage.
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