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The Ambiguity Of Virtue Gertrude Van Tijn And The Fate Of The Dutch Jews

by Bernard Wasserstein

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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.

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