In The Price of Survival: Marcus Levin, Norwegian Holocaust Humanitarian, Irene Levin Berman tells the story of her father's heroic attempts to save the Jews of Norway, as well as hundreds of stateless refugees who had escaped other European countries in the 1930s, from deportation to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Marcus Levin worked tirelessly to help Jews before and after the Nazis invaded Norway, and after the war he worked with the American Joint Distribution Committee and organizations in Norway such as the Jewish Social Unit to help find homes and jobs for the few Norwegian Jews who returned survived the concentration camps as well as about 600 stateless Displaced Persons. In 1962 Marcus Levin was awarded a gold Medal of Honor by King Olav of Norway in recognition of his efforts during World War II.
List of Illustrations vii Personal Introduction Preface Acknowledgments Why This Story . . . ? 3 1900: Beginning of a New Century 5 The Levin Family 00 Father's Life in Oslo 00 Pre-War Years 00 April 9, 1940: War 00 1941: The War Continues 00 October-November 1942: Germans Pursue the Jews 00 October 24-November 1942: Escape to Sweden 00 November 25-26, 1942: Escape and Arrest of Jewish Women and Children 00 The Donau-The Death Ship 00 The Extermination of Jews in Auschwitz 00 Efforts to Save Lives 00 1942-1946: Working in Sweden 00 Refugees and the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) 00 The War Is Over-Back to Norway 00 1947: Father's Philosophy-Personal Unresolved Issues 00 1945: Returning from the Holocaust 00 Return from Auschwitz: Post-war Contact with the Norwegian Government in London 00 1946: Displaced Persons 00 1948: The European Children's Camp in Norway 00 1938: A Jewish Children's Home in Oslo-Boys and Girls from Vienna 00 1953-1955: Minus Refugees 00 Circa 1960: Reconstruction in Norway after the War 00 Compensation for Norwegians 00 The King of Norway and the Watch 00 1965: Father's Last Years 00 Our Family Becomes Part of the JDC 00 1943-1946: Childhood Memories of Sweden 00 Learning about the Meaning of the Holocaust 00 Growing up Both Norwegian and Jewish 00 Looking Back with Ruth 00 January 2012: The Prime Minister of Norway Apologizes to the Norwegian Jews 00 My Philosophy Connected to Prime Minister Stoltenberg 00 About the Author 00
