The Banality of Goodness: The Story of Giorgio Perlasca (The Erma Konya Kess Lives of the Just and Virtuous Series)

xiv, 165 pp. This true story recounts the efforts of Giorgio Perlasca, who, by posing as a Spanish consul, saved the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews in World War II. Perlasca risked his life by issuing false documents, maintaining eight refugee houses and salvaging people awaiting deportation.