Cries in the Night: Women Who Challenged the Holocaust

by Eva Fleischner and Michael Phayer

Book Overview

Cries in the Night is the story of seven Catholic women who defied Hitler and the Nazis during the Holocaust by saving Jews. Phayer and Fleischner show that these women, motivated by compassion and a sense of justice, to be sure, also strongly desired that their church take up the cause of the Jews during the Holocaust. These women beleived that the true mission of the Chruch lay not in preserving the Chruch's external structure and buildings, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556129777
• ISBN13: 9781556129773
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Tells of 7 Catholic women who saved many Jews.

The authors wrote of 7 women, out of many they could have chosen. An astonishing chronicle of courage in the face of Nazi terror. While many of the powerful and famous failed to help, these humble women - some vowed religious, some lay - faced death and torture and fearlessly rescued some hundreds of innocent people, including many children. A moving, wonderful book.