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Author: Michael Good
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Edition: Enlarged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9780823224418
ISBN 10: 0823224414
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 31 December 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
In this gripping, emotional work, Good explores the life and legacy of a mysterious German officer who secretly defied his government to save Lithuanian Jews during the Holocaust.----Matthew Engelhardt, Middletown Press We need to listen to the story of Major Karl Plagge. . .who redeemed the name of human being in the time of darkness.----Rabbi Jack Riemer, South Florida Jewish Journal Inspiring . . . are the faithful efforts of the book's author, Dr. Michael Good, a Connecticut physician, whose mother Pearl and her family were mong Major Plagge's (more than 250) lucky saved souls, in tracing an unlikely Nazi's life and assuring the rightful recognition of a mensch who was too humble to acknowledge his own uniqueness.----Rabbi Israel Zoberman, Southeastern Virginia Jewish News This is an exceptional story of one man's bravery and compassion in a world where six million Jews were murdered. * -Booklist * A poignant and powerful story. . . . [Good's] portrait is vivid; his questions compelling. His answers only deepen the mystery of goodness and its meaning in our age. ----Michael Berenbaum, Director, the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, Los Angeles Reconstructs the actions of the German major who saved . . . Jewish men, women, and children, including Good's mother, by refusing to follow protocol and outwitting his superiors. . . .a true man of conscience and bravery. -Marek Breiger, L.A. Jewish Journal----Marek Breiger, L.A. Jewish Journal ...unprecedented insights into the burden of silent memories and a disastrous heritage of guilt. -- -Edith Wyschogrod This book is a personal quest, personal journey, and a personal history. * -Jewish Book World *
Against the background of the Holocaust which has robbed so many of their faith, here is a story to restore one's faith. - Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People A rewarding tale of redemption in the face of horror, of wide interest. - Kirkus Reviews Reconstructs the actions of the German major who saved... Jewish men, women, and children, including Good's mother, by refusing to follow protocol and outwitting his superiors....a true man of conscience and bravery. - Marek Breiger, L.A. Jewish Journal This is an exceptional story of one man's bravery and compassion in a world where six million Jews were murdered. - Booklist A poignant and powerful story.... [Good's] portrait is vivid; his questions compelling. His answers only deepen the mystery of goodness and its meaning in our age. - Michael Berenbaum, Director, the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, Los Angeles
This book is a personal quest, personal journey, and a personal history.
This book is a personal quest, personal journey, and a personal history. ...unprecedented insights into the burden of silent memories and a disastrous heritage of guilt.-Edith Wyschogrod This is an exceptional story of one man's bravery and compassion in a world where six million Jews were murdered.
Author Information
Michael Good has appeared on C-SPAN, as a speaker in Israel and Germany, and in schools, libraries, churches, and synagogues across the United States. Plagge’s story was tracked by media around the world and can also be explored at www.searchformajorplagge.com. Good, a physician, continues to follow and develop the Plagge story from his home in Durham, CT.
