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Gr 9 Up—Bartrop, a university professor and Holocaust and genocide scholar, has written about 200 essays on people who circumvented Nazi policies, protected Jewish neighbors (and, in some cases, strangers), and fought, protested, organized, and in other ways resisted efforts to "disenfranchise, dehumanize and ultimately destroy" the Jewish population in Europe. Most essays are about two pages in depth. Black-and-white photos accompany about 20 entries. Some names will be familiar (Varian Fry, Oskar Schindler, Max Schmeling, Raoul Wallenberg), though many ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More