Broschiertes Buch

Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust

Beschreibung

This book is a unique study into the work of Jewish doctors in the ghettos and concentration camps of the Holocaust The text utilises archival material and memoirs of Holocaust survivors to explore an unknown chapter of the Holocaust The volume illustrates how human morality can survive in an inhumane and degrading environment

Autor

Michael A. Grodin, M.D. is Professor of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights at the Boston University School of Public Health, where he is also Director of the Project on Medicine and the Holocaust, and Senior Faculty at the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies and the Division of Religious and Theological Studies. As a practicing physician, Dr. Grodin has been named one of America's Top Physicians and has received a national Humanism in Medicine Award for "compassion and empathy in the delivery of care to patients and their families." An internationally recognized scholar on the Holocaust, Dr. Grodin has received a special citation from the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum for "profound contributions- through original and creative research - to the cause of Holocaust education and remembrance."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781785333484
• ISBN-10: 1785333488
• Artikelnr.: 45560539