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In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen

In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen Hardcover - 1990

by Tec, Nechama

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. x, 279p., illus., very good condition in an unclipped and lightly soiled dj. Rufeisen, who was Jewish, passed as a Christian and became a translator for the German police in occupied Poland. He used his position to help hundreds of Jews escape from the Mir ghetto. He was found out, but escaped and found shelter in a convent, where he converted to Catholicism. After the war, he moved to Israel and applied for citizenship under the Law of Return but was denied due to his conversion. He appealed to the Supreme Court, and the case received international attention.
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  • Title In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen
  • Author Tec, Nechama
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 298
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Date 1990
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 321261
  • ISBN 9780195039054 / 019503905X
  • Weight 1.48 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 6.32 x 1.06 in (23.83 x 16.05 x 2.69 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Library of Congress subjects Christian converts from Judaism, Jews - Poland
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89027256
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Library Journal, 12/01/1989, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/28/1989, Page 0

About the author

Nechama Tec is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Stamford. She is the author of When Light Pierced the Darkness, Dry Tears, and other writings which explore the rare aspects of human experience during the Holocaust.

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