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The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews

Title
The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews / Bernard Wasserstein.
Author
Wasserstein, Bernard.
Publication
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
  • ©2014
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TextUse in library *PWZ (Tijn, G.) 14-174Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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Description
334 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Uniform Title
Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden. English
Alternative Title
Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden.
Subject
  • Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
  • Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam > History
  • Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War)
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • 1900-1999
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Netherlands
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Netherlands
  • Jews > Persecutions > History > Netherlands > 20th century
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Netherlands > Amsterdam
  • Jews, German > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Biography
  • Jewish women > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Biography
  • Women social workers > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Biography
  • Jewish women
  • Jews
  • Jews, German
  • Jews > Persecutions
  • Women social workers
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands > Amsterdam
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
  • History.
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 271-281) and index.
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.
Call Number
*PWZ (Tijn, G.) 14-174
ISBN
  • 9780674281387
  • 0674281381
LCCN
2013036032
OCLC
861478330
Author
Wasserstein, Bernard.
Title
The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews / Bernard Wasserstein.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-281) and index.
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Chronological Term
1900-1999
Research Call Number
*PWZ (Tijn, G.) 14-174
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