The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II

The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War IIDecember 1944. Soviet and German troops fight from house to house in the shattered, corpse strewn suburbs of Budapest. Crazed Hungarian fascists join with die hard Nazis to slaughter Jews day and night, turning the Danube blood red. In less than six months, thirty eight year old SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann has sent over half a million Hungarians to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. Now all that prevents him from liquidating Europe's last Jewish ghetto is

December 1944. Soviet and German troops fight from house to house in the shattered, corpse-strewn suburbs of Budapest. Crazed Hungarian fascists join with die-hard Nazis to slaughter Jews day and night, turning the Danube blood-red. In less than six months, thirty-eight-year-old SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann has sent over half a million Hungarians to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. Now all that prevents him from liquidating Europe's last Jewish ghetto is an unarmed Swedish diplomatic envoy named Raoul Wallenberg.

The Envoy is the stirring tale of how one man made the greatest difference in the face of untold evil. The legendary Oscar Schindler saved hundreds, but Raoul Wallenberg did what no other individual or nation managed to do: He saved more than 100,000 Jewish men, women, and children from extermination.

Written with Alex Kershaw's customary narrative verve, The Envoy is a fast-paced, nonfiction thriller that brings to life one of the darkest and yet most inspiring chapters of twentieth century history. It is an epic for the ages.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 11/01/2011
ISBN: 9780306820434
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.79h x 5.79w x 0.88d