{"product_id":"the-counterfeit-countess-the-jewish-woman-who-rescued-thousands-of-poles-during-the-holocaust-hardcover","title":"The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth B. White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Sliwa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg--a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat--drawing on Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorld War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories of resistance and rescue, but \u003ci\u003eThe Counterfeit Countess \u003c\/i\u003eis unique. It tells the remarkable, unknown story of \"Countess Janina Suchodolska,\" a Jewish woman who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by Poland's Nazi occupiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMehlberg operated in Lublin, Poland, headquarters of \u003ci\u003eAktion \u003c\/i\u003eReinhard, the SS operation that murdered 1.7 million Jews in occupied Poland. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat, she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile, cajolery, and steely persistence, the \"Countess\" persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. She won permission to deliver food and medicine--even decorated Christmas trees--for thousands more of the camp's prisoners. At the same time, she personally smuggled supplies and messages to resistance fighters imprisoned at Majdanek, where 63,000 Jews were murdered in gas chambers and shooting pits. Incredibly, she eluded detection, and ultimately survived the war and emigrated to the US. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research, Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa, professional historians and Holocaust experts, have uncovered the full story of this remarkable woman. They interweave Mehlberg's sometimes harrowing personal testimony with broader historical narrative. Like \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIrena's Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Counterfeit Countess\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable account of inspiring courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Elizabeth \"Barry\" White recently retired from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where she served as historian and as Research Director for the USHMM's Center for the Prevention of Genocide. Prior to working for the USHMM, Barry spent a career at the US Department of Justice working on investigations and prosecutions of Nazi criminals and other human rights violators. She served as deputy director and chief historian of the Office of Special Investigations and as deputy chief and chief historian of the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section. She lives in Falls Church, Virginia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Joanna Sliwa is a historian at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) in New York, where she also administers academic programs. She previously worked at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and at the Museum of Jewish Heritage--A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. She has taught Holocaust and Jewish history at Kean University and at Rutgers University and has served as a historical consultant and researcher, including for the PBS film \u003ci\u003eIn the Name of Their Mothers: The Story of Irena Sendler\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eJewish Childhood in Krak: A Microhistory of the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2020 Ernst Fraenkel Prize awarded by the Wiener Holocaust Library. She lives in Linden, New Jersey.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978552607021,"sku":"9781982189129","price":28.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/2dDiZOKPFL9781982189129.webp?v=1775805773","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-counterfeit-countess-the-jewish-woman-who-rescued-thousands-of-poles-during-the-holocaust-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}