Interesting chat. It has similarities to the story of Frank Foley, crediting with saving up to 10000 Jews with his deliberately rather flexible approach to issuing visas in the thirties. He even used to go into concentration camps to persuade Nazis that prisoners had been issued visas but been interned before they could receive them. His grave and statue are very close to me in Stourbridge.
Enjoyed this with my morning coffee. I know a little of the thoroughly inadequate pre-war response of the UK and US, one can always learn more. I think in the UK we assume events such as the Kindertransport are typical of our pre-war response when in reality it was an outlier. And did not enjoy official support. I wonder if the forthcoming move about Sir Nicholas Winton will generate more debate? Top chat, Katja.
I finished reading the book this morning. As Katja says an “astonishing” account of individuals who chose to do the right thing in the face of the sheer wickedness of The Holocaust. I think one can be overwhelmed by the numbers, the sheer scale of the wickedness. Roger Moorhouse reduces the focus to individuals and families, which in places makes reading the book an emotional experience. Thus emphasising the depth of the tragedy. I highly recommend it.
Interesting chat. It has similarities to the story of Frank Foley, crediting with saving up to 10000 Jews with his deliberately rather flexible approach to issuing visas in the thirties. He even used to go into concentration camps to persuade Nazis that prisoners had been issued visas but been interned before they could receive them. His grave and statue are very close to me in Stourbridge.
Enjoyed this with my morning coffee. I know a little of the thoroughly inadequate pre-war response of the UK and US, one can always learn more. I think in the UK we assume events such as the Kindertransport are typical of our pre-war response when in reality it was an outlier. And did not enjoy official support. I wonder if the forthcoming move about Sir Nicholas Winton will generate more debate? Top chat, Katja.
I finished reading the book this morning. As Katja says an “astonishing” account of individuals who chose to do the right thing in the face of the sheer wickedness of The Holocaust. I think one can be overwhelmed by the numbers, the sheer scale of the wickedness. Roger Moorhouse reduces the focus to individuals and families, which in places makes reading the book an emotional experience. Thus emphasising the depth of the tragedy. I highly recommend it.