Elizabeth (Barry) White and Joanna Sliwa present “The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust”

In their book talk, co-authors Elizabeth (Barry) White and Joanna Sliwa introduce their recently published book, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust. The book tells the enthralling story of a Polish Jewish mathematics scholar turned false aristocrat who negotiated with top Nazis in Lublin, German-occupied Poland, to help ethnic Polish prisoners at Majdanek concentration camp. Documents discovered in the JDC Archives led the co-authors to a treasure trove of information that corroborated Mehlberg’s identity.