{"product_id":"9781789467468-counterfeit-countess","title":"Counterfeit Countess, The","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe untold story of the Jewish heroine who defied the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003eJanina Mehlberg is a heroine for the ages.' - Larry Loftis, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Watchmaker's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Holocaust has given rise to many accounts of resistance and rescue, but \u003ci\u003eThe Counterfeit Countess\u003c\/i\u003e is unique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e  'Powerful. A heart-wrenching profile of resilience, ingenuity, and heroism.' \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A story of courage, compassion, and cunning so profound that it must be included with the greatest Holocaust literature. Janina Mehlberg is a heroine for the ages.' - Larry Loftis, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Watchmaker's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Holocaust has given rise to many accounts of resistance and rescue, but \u003ci\u003eThe Counterfeit Countess\u003c\/i\u003e is unique. It tells the remarkable, untold story of 'Countess Janina Suchodolska', a Jewish woman named Janina Mehlberg who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by their country's Nazi occupiers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat, she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile, cajolery, and steely persistence, 'the Countess' persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. Incredibly, she eluded detection, survived the war and eventually emigrated to the USA. Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research,  historians and Holocaust experts   Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa have uncovered the full story of this extraordinary woman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnsparing yet inspiring, \u003ci\u003eThe Counterfeit Countess \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable account of selfless courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty, and a major addition to the history of the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41271119216737,"sku":"9781789467468","price":16.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36296586_f911ff21-aab1-4f13-84ef-a1b3af709bc2.jpg?v=1759384954","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781789467468-counterfeit-countess","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}