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

Author: Alex Kershaw

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/15/2010

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

Hailed as “a master storyteller” (Booklist), Alex Kershaw routinely climbs best-seller lists with his narrative histories. In the waning months of World War II, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann sent over half a million Hungarians to their deaths at Auschwitz. But one Jewish ghetto remained, and only one man——a Swedish diplomat named Raoul Wallenberg—could stop Eichmann.

About Alex Kershaw

Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed books The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter and two biographies: Jack London and, more recently, Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa. He has been a journalist and a screenwriter in Britain and now lives in Bennington, Vermont.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on May 02, 2013

The mid 20th Century produced very few living saints...Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one...the other was Raoul Wallenberg. Alex Kershaw has written a searing and ugly tale about the dark times in Hungary during WW II. The only beams of light were the actions of a heroic Swedish diplomat named Raoul Wallen......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on February 10, 2014

I,had heard of Raoul Wallenberg many years ago, but I never had read anything about him or his mission.I found this edition on one of my many treks through the list of thrift stores I visit to look for books(addicted like everyone else).I thought this would be a good read but it was more than I hope......more

Goodreads review by Ivette on March 01, 2019

Este libro es uno de esos libros que debes bajar para procesar la información que el autor está dando. Cuando empiezas a apasionarte por un tema histórico, como es mi caso, con la segunda guerra mundial, a veces nos centramos mucho en ciertos aspectos, e ignoramos, o dejamos a un lado otros datos im......more