Recommended Reading

Paldiel recounts the stories of several hundred Righteous Gentiles in virtually all the countries of Nazi-occupied Europe who put themselves and their families at risk in order to save the lives of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror.

Paldiel highlights the role of non-Jews in extending aid and assistance to Jews inside Nazi-occupied Europe. Taken from the testimonies and files housed at Yad Vashem, Paldiel presents dozens of stories of rescue.

Paldiel describes how a handful of righteous persons around the world worked mostly alone to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust while putting their own lives at risk.

Phayer analyzes Pope Pius XII's actions during World War II and the post-war period in relation to the Pope's fear of communism.

In 1940, Witold Pilecki volunteered to be arrested by the Germans and to report from inside Auschwitz concentration camp in order to inform the Polish Underground.

Porat's book investigates and tells the story of one of the most well-recognized images of the Holocaust.