Diary of a Witness, 1940-1943
By (author) Raymond-Raoul Lambert Introduction by Richard Cohen Translated by Isabel Best
Publication date:
15 December 2007Length of book:
288 pagesPublisher
Ivan R. DeeISBN-13: 9781566637404
Raymond-Raoul Lambert's Diary has been among the most important untranslated records of the experience of French Jews in the Holocaust. Lambert, a leader of the Union of French Jews (UGIF), was, in the words of the historian Michael Marrus, "arguably the most important Jewish official in contact with the Vichy government and the Germans." Lambert's Diary survived the war and was published in France in 1985. It reveals Lambert's efforts to save the Jews in France, particularly the children.
Compelling. . . . This absorbing diary provides even more evidence of Nazi crimes against humanity.