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The envoy : the epic rescue of the last Jews of Europe in the desperate closing months of World War II /

The epic and heroic story of how Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Adolph Eichmann and saved more than 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazi death camps.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kershaw, Alex
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, Inc., [2010]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Hungary > Budapest.
Rescue work > Hungary > Budapest > History > 20th century.
Wallenberg, Raoul, > 1912-1947.
Eichmann, Adolf, > 1906-1962.
Diplomats > Sweden > Biography.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Biography.
Jews > Persecutions > Hungary > Budapest > History > 20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Hungary > Budapest.
Budapest (Hungary) > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Description
Summary:The epic and heroic story of how Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Adolph Eichmann and saved more than 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazi death camps.
Physical Description:x, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
ISBN:9780306815577 (hc.)
0306815575 (hc.)