Research Catalog

Title

Foley : the spy who saved 10,000 jews / Michael Smith.

Author

Smith, Michael, 1952 May 1-

Publication

London : Biteback Publishing, 2016.

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Details

Description

xv, 384 pages : illusrations; 20 cm

Summary

"As the horror of Nazism tightened its grip on Germany, Jews found themselves trapped and desperate. For many, their only hope of salvation came in the form of a small, bespectacled British man: Frank Foley. Working as a Berlin Passport Control Officer, Foley helped thousands of Jews to flee the country with visas and false passports, personally entering the camps to get Jews out, and sheltering those on the run from the Gestapo in his own apartment. Described by a Jewish leader as 'the Pimpernel of the Jews', Foley was an unsung hero of the Holocaust. But why is this extraordinary man virtually unknown, even in Britain? The reason is simple: Foley was MI6 head of station in Berlin, bound to secrecy by the code of his profession. Michael Smith's work uncovering the remarkable truth led to the recognition of Frank Foley as Righteous Among Nations, the highest honour the Jewish state can bestow upon a Gentile. Foley is a story of courage and quiet heroism in the face of great evil -- a reminder of the impact that one brave individual can have on the lives of many." --

Series Statement

Dialogue espionage classics

Uniform Title

Dialogue espionage classics

Subjects

• Biographies
• 1939-1945
• Jewish Holocaust > (1939-1945)
• World War > (1939-1945)
• Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Great Britain > Biography
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Germany
• Anti-Nazi movement > Germany
• Spies > Great Britain > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain
• Foley, Frank, 1884-1958

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prologue -- The First War -- On Secret Service -- Hunting for the Bolsheviks -- A rule of terror -- The Jonny case -- Not strictly passport control -- A catch-22 situation -- "Only a fool will grumble" -- "Like vultures swarming down" -- Jews and dogs not wanted -- The night of the broken glass -- "An active little man" -- All the fault of England -- Looking for a final solution -- Into the camps -- The Oslo report -- The Foley mission -- The Shetland bus -- The hollowed-out tennis racket -- The Hess "sting" -- Meeting Philby -- The Twenty Club -- "Like a spider spinning his web" -- Hunting for Nazis -- Postscript

ISBN

• 1785900544
• 9781785900549

OCLC

• 946967828
• SCSB-12094400

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library