Dangerous Diplomacy: The Story of Carl Lutz, Rescuer of 62,000 Hungarian Jews

by Theo Tschuy, Jennifer Coburn, Simon Wiesenthal

Book Overview

Dangerous Diplomacy tells for the first time the courageous story of Carl Lutz (1895-1975), the Swiss diplomat who single-handedly rescued 62,000 Jews from deportation to Nazi concentration camps - a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802839053
• ISBN13: 9780802839053
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Well written

Well written and intense story of a true hero. Theo Tschuy spent numerous years and traveled behind the iron curtain to conduct research for this book. He met Carl Lutz personally and considered Mr. Lutz's story too tremendous to not write aboutThe book flows easily and is a must for history buffs everywhere. Thanks, Uncle Theo!

A diplomats reaction to the pressure of saving lives.

This book represents a very thorough research into the exact details of a rescue operation. As we have been fed countless stories with vastly inflated numbers, this book is a breath of fresh air. The author utilizes his research of archives held by the Swiss government and never before available. The story unfolds of the efforts made by Carl Lutz in saving lives in what is possibly the largest rescue operation of World War II. Without embellishing the heroics of Consul Lutz we are given the details of this story in a very readable fashion. This book authenticates the real number of survivors in Budapest, Hungary based upon the known number found following the war. Prior to this we have been given arbitrary numbers that always total more than the actual number of survivors. This book is a breath of fresh air for the serious reader of Holocaust activities This leaves the reader feeling that indeed there are good people in this world, and that Carl Lutz was one of them. I strongly recommend anyone interested in Holocaust or humanistic stories to read this book.