audiobook Formations of United States Colonialism by From Duke University Press Books in History

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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.