The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews

Publication Data

• Title The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews
• Alternative Title Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden. English
• Author Bernard Wasserstein
• Publisher Harvard University Press
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

"An earlier version of this book was published in Dutch as Gertrude van Tijn en het lot van de Nederlandse Joden by Nieuw Amsterdam, ©2013"--Title page verso.

Contents

Prologue
"Ruined woman"
Rebuilding lives
"Death ships"
Gertrude's war
Mission to Lisbon
Crisis of conscience
Help for the departing
Trading with the enemy
To the bitter end
Last exit from Amsterdam
Aftermath
A reckoning
Epilogue.

Topics

• Tijn, Gertrude van, 1891-1974
• Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam :: History
• World War, 1939-1945 :: Jews :: Rescue :: Netherlands
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) :: Netherlands
• Jews :: Persecutions :: Netherlands :: History :: 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 :: Jews :: Netherlands :: Amsterdam
• Jews, German :: Netherlands :: Amsterdam :: Biography
• Jewish women :: Netherlands :: Amsterdam :: Biography
• 016620895

The ambiguity of virtue : Gertrude van Tijn and the fate of the Dutch Jews by Bernard Wasserstein. ISBN 9780674281387. Published by Harvard University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.