Man Who Stopped the Trains to Auschwitz George Mantello, el Salvador, and Switzerland's Finest Hour |
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| Author:
| Kranzler, David |
| Series title: | Religion, Theology and the Holocaust Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-2873-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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This work tells the story of how George Mantello - First Secretary of the El Salvador Consulate in Geneva from 1942 to 1945 - defied censorship to launch a press campaign against the daily deportation of 12,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz.
This work tells the story of how George Mantello - First Secretary of the El Salvador Consulate in Geneva from 1942 to 1945 - defied censorship to launch a press campaign against the daily deportation of 12,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz.