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~ 2. 68 ~Nomberg-Przytyk, Sara. Auschwitz: True Talesjoma Grotesque Land. Chapel Hill: University of NorthCarolina Press, 1985. LC 84-17386. ISBN 0-8078-1629-9.This is a painful and powerful memoir of theauthor's experiences in Auschwitz. In this book, whichshe wrote twenty years after her liberation, she not onlyrecords unimaginable atrocities but also richly describeshuman dignity and courage. With understatement, shedepicts a world where cruelty co-existed with nobility,indifference with compassion. As an attendant in Dr.Josef Mengele's hospital, Nomberg-Przytyk observedhim closely and gives a detailed description of hisactivities.~ 2. 69 «Wells, Leon. 7he Death Brigade. New York: SchockenPress, 1978. ISBN 0-89604-000-3. First published as7he Janowska Road.Wells was a youth in Lvov, Poland, when theGermans put him on the Death Brigade whose task wasto destroy any traces of mass executions at the Janowskaconcentration camp. Among the most movingaccounts is the narration of the death of his entirefamily. He also describes the collaboration of theUkranian peasants with the Germans. This is one ofthe most revealing Holocaust texts.RESCUE*2. 70 ~Bierman, John. Righteous Gentile. New York: Viking,1981. LC 80-52465. ISBN 0-670-74924-9.Raoul Wallenberg, the "righteous gentile, " wasthe Swedish diplomat who helped rescue from 30, 000to 100, 000 Hungarian Jews. The first part of the bookchronicles Wallenberg's life, particularly his activitiesin Budapest from July 1944 to his disappearance inJanuary 1945. The second half deals with what isbelieved to have happened to him in the Soviet Union.Bierman is critical of the Swedish, U. S. , Hungarian,and Israeli governments for not adequately pursuingthe search for him.+ 2. 71 +Flender, Harold. Rescue in Denmark. New York:McFadden-Bartell, 1964. NUC 72-18668.At great risk to themselves, the Danish peopleinitially hid the Jews and helped them flee to Sweden.Flender suggests that the traditions of Danish democracywere the key here.~ 2. 72 «Friedman, Philip. 7heirBrothers'Keepers. New York:Crown Publishers, 1957. LC 57-8773.Friedman examines Christians who helped Jews,such as Archbishop Stepanic in Croatia, Jesuit FatherPierre Chaillet, Raoul Wallenberg, and Anna Simaitein Lithuania.~ 2. 73 ~Geis, Miep, with Alison Leslie Gols. Anne FrankRemembered. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987.LC 86-25991. ISBN 0-671-54721-2.Geis was one of the people who helped hide theFrank Family. Her story fills in the gaps left by Anne'sdiary, not only by providing information on eventsoutside the time frame of the diary, but on eventsoutside the world of the Annex, thus putting the diaryinto historical perspective.~ 2. 74*Hallie, Philip. Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed. NewYork: Harper & Row, 1979. LC 77-11825. ISBN 0-7181-1831-6.Hallie chronicles the remarkable story of how theentire village of Chambon-sur-Lignon, dominated bytwo charismatic Protestant pastors, saved severalthousand Jews from the Nazis and the Vichy police.Hall ie emphasizes the importance of moral action andleadership. People do have a choice.~ 2. 75 ~Michaelis, Meir. Mussolini and the Jews: German-Italian Relations and the Jewish Question in Italy.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. LC 78-40260.ISBN 0-19-822542-3.Michaelis argues that anti-Semitism in Italy wasmuted because Jews were relatively well-integrated.The fascists and Mussolini were not really committedto the persecution of the Jews and that is primarily whyso few died.*2. 76 +Oliner, Samuel P. , and Pearl M. Oliner. 1he AltruisticPersonality. Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe. NewYork: The Free Press, 1988. LC 87-33223, ISBN 0-02-923830-7.The Oliners undertook the massive AltruisticPersonal ity Project to understand why thousands wouldrisk their lives to save Jews. Drawing on the data fromthis study and over 700 interviews with rescuers andnonrescuers, they found that those who intervenedshared several characteristics, including a deep-seatedempathy developed in childhood. They also discoveredthat many rescuers were influenced by the examplesset by others including friends, church, and community36 GENOCIDE