The Search for Major Plagge

Michael Good

Published by Fordham University Press 2007

The Search for Major Plagge

The Nazi Who Saved Jews, Expanded Edition

Michael Good

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823293193

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When The Search for Major Plagge was published last spring, the world finally learned about a unique hero—and about one American doctor’s extraordinary journey to tell Karl Plagge’s story. Part detective story, part personal quest, Michael Good’s book is the story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilna ghetto —including the life of Good’s mother, Pearl. Who was this enigmatic officer Pearl Good had spoken of so often? After five years of research—interviewing survivors, assembling a team that could work to open German files untouched for fifty years, following every lead he could, Good was able to uncover the amazing tale of one man’s remarkable courage. And in April 2005 Karl Plagge joined Oskar Schindler and 380 other Germans as a “Righteous among Nations,” honored by the State of Israel for protecting and saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust. This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge—especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden, who, after fifty years of silence, came forward as a veteran of Plagge’s unit. His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface to the Second Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Part I: An American Awakening
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Family Journey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Part II: The Holocaust
2 The Destruction of the Jews of Vilna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3 The Gduds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4 The Esterowicz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Part III: The Search for Major Plagge
5 Searching Through the Mists of Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
6 The Discoveries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7 Who Is a Hero? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
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Appendix A: Transcript of the Denazification Trial of Karl Plagge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Appendix B: Letters of Karl Plagge to Attorney Strauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Appendix C: Good Family Tree Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 288
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- Other: 30 Illustrations, black and white

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Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9780823293193

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The Search for Major Plagge

The Nazi Who Saved Jews, Expanded Edition