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"Hua-ling Hu presents here the amazing untold story of the American missionary Minnie Vautrin, whose unswerving defiance of the Japanese protected ten thousand Chinese women and children and made her a legend among the Chinese people she served."--Jacket. 其他题名:The Courage of Minnie Vautrin. xxiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Oral history interviews with Holocaust survivors and second generation survivors produced by B’nai B’rith Courage to Care (Vic) Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index. vii, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references. 128 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

"Civil Courage: A Response to Contemporary Conflict and Prejudice, a compilation of essays by contributors from around the world, is organized in four sections. Moral Choices: Why did the Nazis not respond with horror and revulsion to the killing of other humans? Why, in recent times, have we failed to respond with urgency to contemporary genocide and genocidal acts? Martin Doerry, Ronald Headland, ...

Walter Suskind, a German Jew living in Amsterdam, orchestrated the escape of close to 1000 Dutch children who were marked for transport to the death camps. These are the stories of five of the children who were saved and those adults involved in their rescue. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005. 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Provided by the Army and Navy Department of the Young Men's Christian Associations, 347 Madison Ave., New York 17, NY, one of the agencies of the United Service Organizations. 77 p. ; 16 cm.

In the last decade of the twentieth century, today's United States Air Force marks the fiftieth anniversary of its part in a national effort that opposed a coalition of enemies in a global war. American and allied air forces in the conflict for the first time achieved striking range and effectiveness making air power a force equal to that of traditional armies and navies. The Center for Air Force History ...

Who are the rescuers, the men and women whose gripping personal narratives make up the core of this remarkable book? Why did they risk everything - their livelihoods, their homes, their lives, and even those of their families - to save Jews marked for death during the Holocaust? Are they ordinary people, as they themselves claim, or truly heroic? Malka Drucker and Gay Block spent three years visiting ...

Despite the quantity of material written about the Combined Bomber Offensive during the Second World War, the full human dimension of air combat has not been thoroughly explored. This book investigates the unique nature of aerial warfare and the men who took part. It analyses aircrew selection, reaction to combat, adaptability to stress, morale, leadership and combat effectiveness. First-hand reflections ...

Met lit. opg. 266 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.