The Heart Has Reasons: Dutch Rescuers of Jewish Children During the Holocaust

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Recounts the stories of men and women who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and explores what others can learn through their stories about courage, determination, and compassion. Abstract: Recounts the stories of men and women who risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and explores what others can learn through their stories about courage, determination, and compassion Content: Foreword by Christopher R. Browning -- Map of the Netherlands -- Beginnings -- Background -- Invincible Summer / Hetty Voute -- Faith Like a Rock / Heiltje Kooistra -- Chemistry of Compassion / Rut Matthijsen -- On Wings of Song / Gisela Sohnlein -- Divine Mother / Clara Dijkstra -- Just the Human Thing To Do / Kees Veenstra -- A Glimpse of Grace / Janet Kalff -- Mastermind of the Heart / Pieter Meerburg -- Staring Truth in the Face / Mieke Vermeer -- Laughing It All Away / Theo Leenders -- The Heart Has Reasons -- Reflections -- Endings -- Comments and acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Source materials bibliography.