In the lion's den
Subtitle: the life of Oswald Rufeisen
By: Nechama Tec.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Rufeisen, Oswald; Carmelites -- Israel -- Biography; Catholic Church -- Israel -- Clergy -- Biography; Jews -- Poland -- Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland; Christian converts from Judaism -- Biography; Catholic converts -- Israel -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: A moving biography of Oswald Rufeisen, a Jew who passed as a Christian in occupied Poland, worked as a translator for the German police, and risked his life to save hundreds from the Nazis. Denounced, he escaped and found shelter in a convent, where he became a Catholic and later a priest and monk.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and index.