ambiguity of virtue: Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews.
TitleThe ambiguity of virtue: Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews.
Author
Call number940.531809492/0014
Object number08945
Place of publicationCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
PublisherHarvard University Press
Year of publication
2014
Physical description334p,index,bibliography.
MaterialBook
ISBN9780674281387
Description
Tells the story of Gertrude van Tijn's work on behalf of her fellow Jews as the avenues that might have saved them were closed off Between 1933 and 1940 she helped organize Jewish emigration from Germany. After the Germans occupied Holland, she worked for the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam and enabled many Jews to escape.Some later called her a heroine for the choices she made; others denounced her as a collaborator