The Righteous of the Wehrmacht / / Simon Malkes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2015
• VerfasserIn: Malkes, Simon,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (114 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Preface --; Names Concordance --; Chapter One. My Childhood in Wilno and Holszany (1930–1939) --; Chapter Two. The War: The Soviet Occupation (1939–1941) --; Chapter Three. The War: The German Occupation (1941–1944) --; Chapter Four. The HKP (1943–1944) --; Chapter Five. Liberation, Vilnius, and Lodz (1944–1949) --; Chapter Six. University Years in Munich (1949–1952) --; Chapter Seven. Paris (1952–1961) --; Chapter Eight. Work, Family, and Homeland (1961–2012) --; Chapter Nine. Major Karl Plagge (1897-1957) --; Appendix --; Acknowledgements --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781618114501; 9783110688146; 9783111023700
• DOI: 10.1515/9781618114501?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Simon Malkes.

The Righteous of the Wehrmachtz describes the life of the author’s family in Vilnius before and during WWII and under the Nazi occupation, depicting their miraculous survival thanks to the German officer Karl Plagge. Plagge played a vital role in the survival of more than one hundred Jews, and for this is known as “the Schindler from Darmstadt.” After liberation by the Red Army, the author’s family moved first to Poland and then to France, forging their lives as refugees with gratitude and courage.