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Author Oliner, Samuel P.

Title The altruistic personality : rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe / Samuel P. Oliner, Pearl M. Oliner ; with foreword by Harold M. Schulweis.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press ; London: Collier Macmillan, [1988]
©1988

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.54    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  940.547 O46A    Check Shelf
Description xxv, 419 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 382-414.
Note Includes index.
Contents Why risk one's life? -- The historical context of rescue / Lawrence Baron -- The acts of heroism -- The social context of rescue: trust and deception -- Saving others: was it opportunity or character? -- The key to altruism: values of caring -- The roots of human attachments -- Concern into action -- The enduring significance of altruistic acts -- Moral heroism and extensivity.
Subject Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Psychology.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
Altruism.
Motivation (Psychology)
Indexed Term Europe Jews Escapes, 1939-1945
Added Author Oliner, Pearl M.
ISBN 0029238307
9780029238301
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