Ari Kohen, Gerald J. Steinacher

Broschiertes Buch

Unlikely Heroes

The Place of Holocaust Rescuers in Research and Teaching

Herausgeber: Kohen, Ari; Steinacher, Gerald J

Beschreibung

Traces the evolution of the humanitarian hero, looking at the ways in which historians, politicians, and filmmakers have treated individual rescuers like Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler, as well as the rescue efforts of humanitarian organizations. Contributors also explore classroom possibilities for dealing with the role of rescuers.

Autor

Ari Kohen is an associate professor of political science and Schlesinger Professor of Social Justice at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of In Defense of Human Rights: A Non-Religious Grounding in a Pluralistic World and Untangling Heroism: Classical Philosophy and the Concept of the Hero. Gerald J. Steinacher is an associate professor of history and Hymen Rosenberg Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of Humanitarians at War: The Red Cross in the Shadow of the Holocaust and Nazis on the Run: How Hitler’s Henchmen Fled Justice.   

Produktdetails

• Contemporary Holocaust Studies
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781496208927
• ISBN-10: 1496208927
• Artikelnr.: 54469356