My Brothers Keeper, Rod Gragg
My Brothers Keeper, Rod Gragg
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My Brother's Keeper
Christians Who Risked All to Protect Jewish Targets of the Nazi Holocaust

Author: Rod Gragg

Narrator: Rick Zieff

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 10/11/2016

Synopsis

2017 Christian Book Award Finalist

Thirty captivating profiles of Christians who risked everything to rescue their Jewish neighbors from Nazi terror during the Holocaust.

My Brother's Keeper unfolds powerful stories of Christians from across denominations who gave everything they had to save the Jewish people from the evils of the Holocaust. This unlikely group of believers, later honored by the nation of Israel as "The Righteous Among the Nations," includes ordinary teenage girls, pastors, priests, a German army officer, a former Italian fascist, an international spy, and even a princess.

In one gripping profile after another, these extraordinary historical accounts offer stories of steadfast believers who together helped thousands of Jewish individuals and families to safety. Many of these everyday heroes perished alongside the very people they were trying to protect. There is no doubt that all of their stories showcase the best of humanity -- even in the face of unthinkable evil.

About Rod Gragg

Rod Gragg is a historian and the author of more than twenty books on topics in American history. His works have been selections of the Book-of-the-Month Club, the History Book Club, and the Military History Book Club. His literary awards include the Douglas Southall Freeman History Prize, the Fletcher Pratt Award, and the James I. Robertson Award. One of his books, Confederate Goliath, was the basis of a PBS film of the same name, and another, Forged in Faith, was nominated for the George Washington Book Prize. He and his family live in South Carolina, where he serves as director of the CresCom Bank Center for Military & Veterans Studies at Coastal Carolina University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Yibbie on October 03, 2016

Heartbreaking, inspiring, frustrating, encouraging…This is one of those books that is difficult to rate. It’s hard to read and harder to put down. The incredibly heroic and self-sacrificing acts of so many under those circumstances are amazing and deserve a high rating, and the eternal impact some......more

Goodreads review by Tom on September 24, 2016

In the book My Brother’s Keeper, author Rod Gragg introduces us to Christians from all walks of life that sacrificed to save Jews during the Holocaust. Each one of these Christians were honored by the nation of Israel as “The Righteous Among the Nations.” I would highly recommend this book. The stor......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on January 25, 2021

Thankful for books like this to record these important stories.......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen (Kat) on October 21, 2016

"They are perhaps the sole rays of light in this dark era, the few whose consciences prevented them from being indifferent." ~ Yad Vashem "Many did nothing - even though they called themselves Christians. Others joined the Nazis and supported Shoah, or Holocaust - the dark deadly storm that swept ove......more

Goodreads review by Julia on December 15, 2016

My Brother's Keeper by Rod Gragg is a powerful, moving book about ordinary people who did extraordinary acts of bravery to help the Jewish nation caught up in Europe as the Nazi's marched and implemented the Final Solution. My Brother's Keeper is thirty stories of people honoured by the State Of Isr......more

Quotes

"The Holocaust stands as history's central metaphor for evil. At a time when fear and divisiveness are resurging around the globe, we badly need this harrowing account of unsung heroes who risked all for the sake of good."—Philip Yancey, New York Times bestselling author

"Gragg provides an inspiring look at 30 Christian heroes who defied the Nazis at great personal risk and bucked the general tide of indifference and paralysis that overwhelmed almost all bystanders to the Holocaust. Jan Karski, who tried to get F.D.R. to respond to the mass murders of Europe's Jews, will be familiar to many readers, but most of the people profiled here are not. For example, relatively few will have heard of Feng Shan Ho, a Chinese Christian, who saved over 12,000 Jews. When Ho's promotion to consul-general at the Chinese embassy in Vienna coincided with increasing reports of Jewish persecution, he issued visas to Austrian and German Jews, allowing them to emigrate to Shanghai. Ho persisted despite opposition by his own government, which wanted to maintain its relationship with Hitler. [...] Gragg gives a sense of these activists' mind-boggling bravery."—Publisher's Weekly

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