General Information

Uniform Title

Carl Lutz und die Juden von Budapest.

Author/Creator

Tschuy, Theo.

Language

English.

Published

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans, c2000.

Physical Description

xiv, 265 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

"Dangerous Diplomacy tells for the first time the story of Carl Lutz (1895-1975), the Swiss diplomat who single-handedly rescued 62,000 Jews from deportation to Nazi concentration camps - a dating action now recognized as the largest, most successful rescue effort ever undertaken in Nazi-dominated Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Subject

Lutz, Carl.

Jews > Persecutions > Hungary.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Hungary.

World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Hungary.

Diplomats > Switzerland > Biography.

Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Hungary > Biography.

Hungary > Ethnic relations.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Theo Tschuy ; foreword by Simon Wiesenthal.

Content

Foreword / Simon Wiesenthal -- 1. The Forged Passport -- 2. The Confrontation -- 3. The Emigration Department of the Swiss Legation -- 4. The Terrible Secret -- 5. Can Auschwitz Be Stopped? -- 6. Journey to Bistriza -- 7. The Fuhrer's Wish -- 8. Arrow Cross Terror -- 9. "Eichmann Has Fled!" -- 10. The Last Assault -- Meldegg -- Glossary of Non-English Words.

ISBN

0802839053

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	362.87/81/092 TSC		Reference	-

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