Anna and Dr Helmy : how an Arab doctor saved a Jewish girl in Hitler's Berlin /
"This book tells the story of Mohammed Helmy, an Egyptian doctor who lived in Berlin during the Second World War and walked the fine line between accommodation to the Nazi regime and subversion of it. It mentions the Israeli holocaust memorial at Yad Vashem that honoured more than 25,000 of the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the German. |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book tells the story of Mohammed Helmy, an Egyptian doctor who lived in Berlin during the Second World War and walked the fine line between accommodation to the Nazi regime and subversion of it. It mentions the Israeli holocaust memorial at Yad Vashem that honoured more than 25,000 of the non-Jewish men and women who saved Jewish people during the war. It also describes Helmy as a master of deception, outfoxing the Nazis and risking his own life to save his Jewish colleagues and other Jewish Berliners from Nazi persecution. The book reveals a wider story of the Arab community in Berlin at the time, many of whom had warm relations with the Jewish community. It details how Helmy and the Arab community risked their lives to help their Jewish friends when the Nazis rose to power"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Orginally published in German as Der Muslim und die Jüdin: die Geschichte einer Rettung in Berlin, by Piper Verlag, Berlin 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 019264548X 9780192645487 9780191953125 0191953121 |