A refuge from darkness: Wilfrid Israel and the rescue of the Jews
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]A refuge from darkness: Wilfrid Israel and the rescue of the Jews
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318092/0107
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]01269
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Pantheon Books
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1984
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]291p,selected bibliography,index
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0394525035
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Biography of Wilfred Israel,heir to a business dynasty in Berlin who in the dark years of 1930s launched a one-man rear-guard action as he arranged ransom, or rescue for thousands.After 1939 he worked in London on refugee policy.