When did the world learn about the genocide of the Jews in the heart of Europe? What did the Allies do to stop the slaughter? Why did the Jewish leadership in Palestine take so long to respond? Was there Jewish resistance? Could the Jewish community of Thessaloniki have been saved? How were the Jews of Athens saved? Who organized the rescue operation in the Aegean? How did the escapes from Euboea take place?

In the first part of the book, the reader follows the slow responses of the free states of the West and the desperate efforts of the Jewish leadership in Palestine, which was forced to abandon utopian rescue schemes and turn to a limited scale rescue, in collaboration with the Allies.

In the second part of the book, based on unpublished archival material, the strenuous efforts to rescue Greek Jews are documented, which began in the autumn of 1943, when most were no longer alive. The second edition of the book is enriched with lists of Jewish prisoners of war or detainees in Nazi camps who returned to Greece. In addition to their names, their ages, professions, and dates of arrival, from April 17 to October 11, 1945, are provided.

A new narrative about the persecution and rescue of Jews in the Third Reich, which overturns stereotypes and myths.