Books
Rescuers
Photography by Gay Block
Text by Malka Drucker
Essays by Samantha Baskind, Cynthia Ozick, Harold M. Schulweis
First published in 1992 to widespread acclaim, Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust is a landmark addition to the sacred memory of the Holocaust. Featuring photographic portraits, archival materials and interviews, it was the first book (and exhibition) by Houston-born photographer Gay Block. The exhibition of these photographs was seen in over fifty venues in the US and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Block spent more than three years traveling in eight countries, accompanied by author Malka Drucker, documenting testimonies from more than 100 rescuers — people who risked their lives to rescue Jewish victims from the Holocaust. The stories range from those who saved one life to those who worked in the resistance and saved thousands, always with the threat of death and torture if they were discovered. This new edition features a complete redesign and new foreword by scholar of Jewish American art Samantha Baskind.
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“. . . the tales of courage that Ms. Drucker and Ms. Block uncovered among ‘ordinary people’ defy the stereotypical images of heroism.”
— Rahel Musleah, The New York Times
“Her straightforward images are deceivingly direct. They expose the humanity of these courageous people, while brilliantly playing on our assumptions about who and what constitutes a hero. As a body of work, Rescuers of the Holocaust is a very revealing study of moral courage.”