"An unusual tale of heroism and survival during World War II"-- Library Journal . "Ms. Tec...has a good eye for historical detail....She captures well the emotional complexity of Mr. Rufeisen's position"-- The New York Times Book Review . This is the gripping story of Oswald Rufeisen--a Polish Jew who passed as a German, working as a translator for the German police in Poland. Using his post to aid victims of Nazi atrocities, he narrowly escaped detection and fled to a partisan unit. After the war, he moved to Israel, where ...
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"An unusual tale of heroism and survival during World War II"-- Library Journal . "Ms. Tec...has a good eye for historical detail....She captures well the emotional complexity of Mr. Rufeisen's position"-- The New York Times Book Review . This is the gripping story of Oswald Rufeisen--a Polish Jew who passed as a German, working as a translator for the German police in Poland. Using his post to aid victims of Nazi atrocities, he narrowly escaped detection and fled to a partisan unit. After the war, he moved to Israel, where he now works to bring Jews and Christians together.
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The Life of Oswald Rufeisen. 291pp, ills. Oxford 1990. *A Jew who passed as a Christian in occupied Poland. He worked as a translator for the German police & risked his life saving many Jews. VG in DW.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in VG green and black pictorial dj. First Edition. Clean, unmarked. Few lives shed more light on the complex relationship between Jews and Christians during and after the Holocaust--or provide a more moving portrait of courage--than Oswald Rufeisen's. A Jew passing as a Christian in occupied Poland, Rufeisen worked as translator for the German police--the very people who rounded up and murdered the Jews--and repeatedly risked his life to save hundreds from the Nazis. 279 pp. including index.