{"product_id":"the-unlikely-hero-of-sobrance-sobrance-slovakia-hardcover","title":"The Unlikely Hero of Sobrance: (sobrance, Slovakia) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Leibner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLarry Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNili Goldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing World War Two, the surviving Jews of Eastern Europe, especially Poland, felt insecure and threatened. The Shoah survivors that returned from the labor and concentration camps and those that returned from Russia began to disappear without a trace. No papers, no visas, no passports and yet thousands moved mainly to Czechoslovakia and onwards to Germany and Austria. I was amongst those Polish Jews who left Poland without leaving a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI was always wondering who organized, financed, and transported us from Poland to Central Europe. There was no Jewish government or Agency that officially assumed this task.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother question: why did Czechoslovakia consent to this massive transfer of people? True, the Czech government was friendly and well-disposed to Jews but it required a large outlay of money and a strong will to resist British demands to close all Czech borders to Jews. Czechoslovakia stood its ground.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe wanted to know who specifically stood behind these decisions and enabled about 250,000 Jews to reach the German and Austrian D.P. camps in the American-occupied zones. Zdenek Toman was one of the important executors of this plan from his position in the Czech Ministry of Interior. He saved thousands of Jews from further anti-Semitic hardships and pogroms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLittle is known about this corner of history; therefore, we decided to devote a book to him and memorialize his endeavors for which he paid a heavy price.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Leibner and Larry Price, Jerusalem, Israel\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52627650052403,"sku":"9781939561459","price":68.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dU12NGVETkU2WWhDdXh2ZVlPbFF6dz09.webp?v=1762095467","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-unlikely-hero-of-sobrance-sobrance-slovakia-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}