ambiguity of virtue: Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews.
TitreThe ambiguity of virtue: Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews.
Auteur
Call number940.531809492/0014
N° d'objet08945
Lieu de publicationCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
EditeurHarvard University Press
Année de publication
2014
Pagination334p,index,bibliography.
MatérielLivre
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