The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews /

Working with the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam, Gertrude van Tijn helped many Jews escape. But she faced difficult moral choices. Some called her a heroine; others, a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein's haunting narrative draws readers into this twilight world, to expose the terrib...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wasserstein, Bernard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Tijn, Gertrude van, > 1891-1974.
Tijn, Gertrude van > 1891-1974
Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam > History.
Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam.
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Netherlands.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Netherlands.
Jews > Persecutions > Netherlands > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Jews, German > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Biography.
Jewish women > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Biography.
Women social workers > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Juifs > Sauvetage > Pays-Bas.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Pays-Bas.
Juifs > Persécutions > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Juifs > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Juifs allemands > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam > Biographies.
Juives > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam > Biographies.
Travailleuses sociales > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Jewish women.
Jews.
Jews, German.
Jews > Persecutions.
Women social workers.
Fluchthilfe
Judenverfolgung
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Andra världskriget 1939-1945.
Judar.
Judiska kvinnor.
Netherlands.
Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Niederlande
Amsterdam (stad)
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • "Ruined woman"
  • Rebuilding lives
  • "Death ships"
  • Gertrude's war
  • Mission to Lisbon
  • Crisis of conscience
  • Help for the departing
  • Trading with the enemy
  • To the bitter end
  • Last exit from Amsterdam
  • Aftermath
  • A reckoning
  • Epilogue.

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