Passage to Freedom
escrito por Ken Mochizuki
A biography of Chiune Sugihara, who with his family's encouragement saved thousands of Jews in Lithuania during World War II.
Read Time: ~11.1 hr
The emperor of lies
by Steve Sem-Sandberg (2011)
About this book
Follows the World War II tale of Jewish ghetto director Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, who in an ambitious effort to render the ghetto an invaluable industrial complex makes compromises that have extraordinary consequences.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraWWII Era
Protagonist / CoreThe emperor of lies Lead Character
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