Description
| Product ID: | 9781913348892 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Hiding in Plain Sight |
| Subtitle: | how a Jewish girl survived Europe’s heart of darkness |
| Authors: | Author: Pieter van Os, David Doherty |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Social and cultural history, The Holocaust, Second World War, Social groups: religious groups and communities, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Social & cultural history, The Holocaust, Second World War, Jewish studies, Poland, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An extraordinary story about a Jewish woman who pretended to be Catholic to survive the Holocaust. Catholics believed she was one of them. A devoted Nazi family took her in. She fell in love with a German engineer who built aeroplanes for the Luftwaffe. But no one knew that Mala Rivka Kizel had been born into a large Orthodox Jewish family. She survived World War II using her charm, intelligence, blonde hair, and blue eyes to assume different identities. Journalist Pieter van Os retraces Mala’s footsteps through Europe to uncover her extraordinary journey and the stories of those who helped her. This poignant, rich book is an engrossing meditation on what drives us to fear the Other, and what in turn might allow us to feel compassion for them. |
| Imprint Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-08 |