lt relates the true stories of four courageous individuals who risked their careers—or their lives—to confront the unfolding Holocaust: A young journalist—and future US senator—who exposed the truth of Hitler’s plans; a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinet who pleaded with the President to grant haven to refugees; an eyewitness to Nazi atrocities who met with American and British officials to reveal the death camps; and a Treasury Department official who blew the whistle on those in the government who were blocking the rescue of refugees. It also tells the infamous story of the refugee ship St. Louis—through the words of a never-before-published diary by a survivor of that voyage.
“This powerful graphic novel shines a light on the brave whistleblowers who challenged America’s abandonment of the Jews during the Holocaust.”
—Prof. Stephen H. Norwood, University of Oklahoma;
author of Prologue to Annihilation and The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower
–Prof. Hans Fisher, a survivor of the voyage of the St. Louis
“Rafael Medoff and Dean Motter tell an important story: how the righteous can take stands for truth and save lives. We must learn from these stories to ensure those horrors never happen again.”
— Paul Levitz, former President and publisher, DC Comics
