Reign of terror : the Budapest memoirs of Valdemar Langlet, 1944-1945 /
Although not as well known as Raoul Wallenberg, Valdemar Langlet was the saviour of thousands of Jews in Budapest in the last two years of the Second World War. Entirely without the permission or the financial support of the Swedish Red Cross, he issued socalled 'Letters of Protection', pa...
| Основен автор: | Langlet, Valdemar, 1872-1960. |
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| Други автори: | Langlet, Monika., Langlet, Pieter, 1946-, Persson, Sune, 1938-, Long, Graham. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Swedish |
| Публикувано: |
London : New York :
Frontline Books ; Skyhorse Publishing,
2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=678391 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Reign of terror |
| Резюме: |
Although not as well known as Raoul Wallenberg, Valdemar Langlet was the saviour of thousands of Jews in Budapest in the last two years of the Second World War. Entirely without the permission or the financial support of the Swedish Red Cross, he issued socalled 'Letters of Protection', passport-like documents with official-looking stamps that frequently saved Hungarian Jews from deportation to the death camps. Then, when chaos broke out in the streets when the Germans put their Arrow Cross allies in power, and the approaching Red Army threatened to turn the city into a battleground, he risked. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"First published as Verk och Dagar i Budapest by Wahlstrom & Widstrand, Stockholm, in 1946"--Title page verso. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xviii, 187 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781783830275 1783830271 9781783465613 1783465611 9781510701946 151070194X |