The Resource The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews, Bernard Wasserstein
The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews, Bernard Wasserstein
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- Summary
- Working with the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam, Gertrude van Tijn helped many Jews escape. But she faced difficult moral choices. Some called her a heroine; others, a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein's haunting narrative draws readers into this twilight world, to expose the terrible dilemmas confronting Jews under Nazi occupation
- Language
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- eng
- dut
- eng
- Extent
- 334 pages
- Note
- "An earlier version of this book was published in Dutch as Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden by Nieuw Amsterdam, ©2013"--Title page verso
- Contents
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- Prologue
- "Ruined woman"
- Rebuilding lives
- "Death ships"
- Gertrude's war
- Mission to Lisbon
- Crisis of conscience
- Help for the departing
- Trading with the enemy
- To the bitter end
- Last exit from Amsterdam
- Aftermath
- A reckoning
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780674281387
- Label
- The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews
- Title
- The ambiguity of virtue
- Title remainder
- Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews
- Statement of responsibility
- Bernard Wasserstein
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- Amsterdam (stad)
- Andra världskriget 1939-1945
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Fluchthilfe
- History
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands
- Jewish women
- Jewish women -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Biography
- Jews
- Jews -- Persecutions
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
- Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
- Jews, German
- Jews, German -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Biography
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam -- History
- Judar
- Judenverfolgung
- Judiska kvinnor
- Netherlands
- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
- Niederlande
- Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
- Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
- Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
- Weltkrieg
- Women social workers
- Women social workers -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Biography
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Netherlands
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Netherlands | Amsterdam
- Language
-
- eng
- dut
- eng
- Summary
- Working with the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam, Gertrude van Tijn helped many Jews escape. But she faced difficult moral choices. Some called her a heroine; others, a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein's haunting narrative draws readers into this twilight world, to expose the terrible dilemmas confronting Jews under Nazi occupation
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wasserstein, Bernard
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Dutch
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tijn, Gertrude van
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
- Tijn, Gertrude van
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
- Tijn, Gertrude van
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Tijn, Gertrude van
- World War, 1939-1945
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews
- World War, 1939-1945
- Jews, German
- Jewish women
- Women social workers
- Jewish women
- Jews
- Jews, German
- Jews
- Women social workers
- Netherlands
- Netherlands
- Amsterdam (stad)
- Fluchthilfe
- Judenverfolgung
- Weltkrieg
- Niederlande
- Andra världskriget 1939-1945
- Judar
- Judiska kvinnor
- Label
- The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews, Bernard Wasserstein
- Note
- "An earlier version of this book was published in Dutch as Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden by Nieuw Amsterdam, ©2013"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-321) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- "Ruined woman" -- Rebuilding lives -- "Death ships" -- Gertrude's war -- Mission to Lisbon -- Crisis of conscience -- Help for the departing -- Trading with the enemy -- To the bitter end -- Last exit from Amsterdam -- Aftermath -- A reckoning -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 861478330
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674281387
- Lccn
- 2013036032
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 520
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861478330
- Label
- The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews, Bernard Wasserstein
- Note
- "An earlier version of this book was published in Dutch as Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden by Nieuw Amsterdam, ©2013"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-321) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- "Ruined woman" -- Rebuilding lives -- "Death ships" -- Gertrude's war -- Mission to Lisbon -- Crisis of conscience -- Help for the departing -- Trading with the enemy -- To the bitter end -- Last exit from Amsterdam -- Aftermath -- A reckoning -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 861478330
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674281387
- Lccn
- 2013036032
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 520
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861478330
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Amsterdam (stad)
- Andra världskriget 1939-1945
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Fluchthilfe
- History
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands
- Jewish women
- Jewish women -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Biography
- Jews
- Jews -- Persecutions
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
- Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
- Jews, German
- Jews, German -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Biography
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
- Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam -- History
- Judar
- Judenverfolgung
- Judiska kvinnor
- Netherlands
- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
- Niederlande
- Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
- Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
- Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
- Weltkrieg
- Women social workers
- Women social workers -- Netherlands | Amsterdam -- Biography
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Netherlands
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Netherlands | Amsterdam
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