Rescuers Speaking

Download or read book Rescuers Speaking written by Wilfred Harrison and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pp. 1-19 contain an introduction by Harrison to the play, a documentary about Holocaust rescuers, first performed in London in July 1988. The play is based on research on the altruistic motivations and characters of rescuers, as elucidated by Samuel p. and Pearl M. Oliner. The "stories" or accounts of rescuers, and partly of rescuees, are taken directly from their responses to the questionnaire distributed by the Oliners. Describes the background, the writing, and the presentation of the play.