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An edition of The banality of goodness (1998)

The banality of goodness

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Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian businessman working in Budapest when the war left him stranded. Unable to stand idly by and allow innocent Jews to be tortured and murdered, Perlasca saw his opportunity to help when the official Spanish consul fled Budapest. Although he had no authorization to do so, Perlasca announced that he was the replacement charge d'affaires of the Spanish embassy.

At the risk of his life, he orchestrated an elaborate scheme to save as many lives as he could by issuing false documents, maintaining eight refugee houses, and salvaging anyone he could among those awaiting deportation in the train yards. Even when confronting Adolf Eichmann, the architect of Hitler's plan, Perlasca did not waver. He acted quickly and spoke boldly.

Perlasca's story helps us see our own potential for goodness, and the burden of responsibility when we encounter an opportunity to act in the defense of others.

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University of Notre Dame Press
Language
English
Pages
165

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Subjects
Jews, World War, 1939-1945, Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust, Persecutions, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Ethnic relations, Rescue
People
Giorgio Perlasca (1910-)
Places
Hungary

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Notre Dame, Ind
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The Erma Konya Kess lives of the just and virtuous series

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Dewey Decimal Class
940.53/18/09439
Library of Congress
DS135.H9 D4313 1998

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Pagination
xiv, 165 p. ;
Number of pages
165

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OL353615M
Internet Archive
banalityofgoodne00enri
ISBN 10
0268021546, 0268021511
LCCN
98013290
OCLC/WorldCat
38438852
Library Thing
3325458
Goodreads
5009497

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