Synopses & Reviews
Thousands of people have been honored for saving Jews during the Holocaust but not a single Arab. Looking for a hopeful response to the plague of Holocaust denial sweeping across the Arab and Muslim worlds, Robert Satloff sets off on a quest to find the Arab hero whose story will change the way Arabs view Jews, themselves, and their own history.
The story of the Holocaust's long reach into the Arab world is difficult to uncover, covered up by desert sands and desert politics. We follow Satloff over four years, through eleven countries, from the barren wasteland of the Sahara, where thousands of Jews were imprisoned in labor camps; through the archways of the Mosque in Paris, which may once have hidden 1700 Jews; to the living rooms of octogenarians in London, Paris and Tunis. The story is very cinematic; the characters are rich and handsome, brave and cowardly; there are heroes and villains. The most surprising story of all is why, more than sixty years after the end of the war, so few people Arab and Jew want this story told.
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"A thoughtful work showing that hatred and compassion can flourish anywhere." Kirkus Reviews
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"With an eight-page black-and-white photo insert, this account is bound to be controversial." Booklist
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"This book will interest those who want insight into how the Jews of North Africa fared during the war years and those interested in how contemporary politics shapes historical memory." Library Journal
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Looks at the reaction of the Arab people to the Holocaust in North Africa, where thousands of Jews were forced into labor camps.
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Looking for a hopeful response to the plague of Holocaust denial sweeping across the Arab and Muslim worlds, Satloff sets off on a quest to find the Arab hero whose story would change the way Arabs view Jews, themselves, and their own history.
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Was there an Arab "Schindler?" The neverbefore- told story of the Holocaust in the Arab lands of North Africa, and one man's quest to find the truth
About the Author
Satloff is executive director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.