whom this book is an excellent summary. For many readers, the most interesting and worthwhile portion of the book will be the previously unpublished excerpts from interviews with several figures who were instrumental in establishing or running the WRB: John Pehle, US Treasury Dept. lawyer and author of the aforementioned Morgenthau Report; Josiah E. DuBois, Jr. who played a major role in exposing how the State Department obstructed efforts to save European Jews; Ira Hirschmann, WRB representative in Turkey; James Mann, assistant to the executive director of the WRB; and Roswell McClellan, WRB representative in Switzerland. The behind-the-scenes descriptions of how the WRB actually functioned, and the comments about how they could have done more had the organization been established and funded earlier, are a stark reminder of how the rescue of human beings is so often dependent upon an almost set mechanism: a person or group with access to decision makers who tirelessly turn it into their sole goal; media campaigns to keep the issue alive and burning; political pressure and horse-trading to propel the issue to the forefront of legislation or government decision making; a group of people willing to pause or even sacrifice their personal progress to promote and execute rescue schemes; and success in obtaining the necessary funds to pay for the schemes, not just to resettle refugees but to pay for their transfer and release from bondage. Hirshmann’s poignant statement that “the children weren’t brought out; they were bought out,” remind us that human lives are not necessarily “priceless” but can have a very set price (80). What is left is to find those who are willing to pay it in order to keep them alive. Judy Tydor Baumel-Schwartz

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救恩的机会：美国皈依史 林肯·马伦

这本书是一个很好的总结。对于许多读者来说，这本书中最有趣和最有价值的部分将是之前未发表的对几位在建立或运行 WRB 方面发挥重要作用的人物的采访摘录：约翰佩勒，美国财政部律师，上述摩根索报告的作者；Josiah E. DuBois, Jr. 在揭露国务院如何阻挠拯救欧洲犹太人的努力方面发挥了重要作用；WRB土耳其代表Ira Hirschmann；WRB 执行董事助理 James Mann；和 WRB 驻瑞士代表 Roswell McClellan。关于 WRB 实际运作方式的幕后描述，以及关于如果该组织成立并早些获得资金，他们本可以做得更多的评论，清楚地提醒人们，拯救人类往往依赖于一个几乎既定的机制：一个人或团体可以接触决策者，他们不知疲倦地将其转化为唯一目标；媒体宣传使这个问题继续存在和燃烧；将问题推到立法或政府决策的前沿的政治压力和交易；一群愿意暂停甚至牺牲个人进步来促进和执行救援计划的人；并成功获得必要的资金来支付这些计划，不仅是重新安置难民，而且是支付他们的转移和摆脱束缚的费用。赫斯曼（Hirshmann）悲痛地声明“孩子们没有被带出来；他们被买断了，”提醒我们，人的生命不一定是“无价的”，但可以有一个非常固定的价格（80）。剩下的就是找到那些愿意付出代价的人，让他们活下去。朱迪·泰多·鲍梅尔-施瓦茨