Why read Conscience and Courage?

Book cover of Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust

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In this brilliantly researched and insightful book, psychologist Eva Fogelman presents compelling stories of rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust--and offers a revealing analysis of their motivations. Based on her extensive experience as a therapist treating Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and those who helped them, Fogelman delves into the…

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Celia Clement

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This beautifully written and impeccably researched book is a spellbinding account of rescuers during the Holocaust. Coming from the perspective of a psychotherapist and social psychologist Dr. Fogelman explores the commonalities of rescuers and their motivations that compels them to risk their lives to save others. Dr. Fogelman paints in-depth accounts of some of the many rescuers she interviewed. One of them, Jean Kowalyk, is a Polish 19-year-old woman who hid and saved the lives of seven Jews. One of the men she hides in the attic of her small farmhouse later marries Jean and they move to America, where…

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