Safe Passage
The Remarkable True Story of Two Sisters Who Rescued Jews from the Nazis
New York ; Don Mills, Ontario : Harlequin, [2008]
Format: Book
Description: 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Reveals how two decidedly ordinary Englishwomen and sisters, Ida and Louise Cook, decided, after hearing an aria from Madame Butterfly, to save their earnings and go "undercover" as eccentric opera fans to rescue dozens of people from the Nazis.
Subjects:
Cook, Ida.
Cook, Louise, 1901-1991.
Singers -- Anecdotes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- England.
Cook, Ida.
Cook, Louise, 1901-1991.
Singers -- Anecdotes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- England.
ISBN:
9780373892013
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SSHC BIOGRAPHY Cook, Ida | Main (Downtown) | Selden K. Smith Holocaust Collection | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
"Originally published as We Followed Our Stars"--Title page verso.
Includes discography (pages 299-300) and bibliographical references (page 301).
Includes discography (pages 299-300) and bibliographical references (page 301).