THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust, Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa
NOW IN PAPERBACK! “Powerful. . . . A heart-wrenching profile of resilience, ingenuity, and heroism.” ― Publishers Weekly “A fine delineation of personal heroism amid an era of utter human depravity.” ― Kirkus Reviews “Holocaust historians White and Sliwa masterfully piece together the previously untold story of a Jewish mathematician who, during the Nazi occupation of Poland, […]
THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS Event
Please register for a virtual event sponsored by the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on February 28 at 6pm. Andrew Nagorski will be in conversation with Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa about THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS. “The Counterfeit Countess” Book Talk
Three pre-London Book Fair 2023 translation rights sales for THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS!
March 23, 2023 – THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS International rights: Non-fiction Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa’s THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS, to Rebis (Poland), by Martyna Kowalewska at Book/lab Literary Agency; also to Motyl (Slovak Republic), by Lucie Polakova at Andrew Nurnberg Associates; and to Eksmo (Russian Federation), by Ludmilla Sushkova at Andrew Nurnberg Associates; on behalf of Sandy Hodgman at Hodgman Literary, in association with Joelle Delbourgo Associates.
Sliwa
Joanna Sliwa Dr. Joanna Sliwa is a historian of the Holocaust and Polish Jewish history. She works as a historian and administrator of academic programs at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) in New York. The Claims Conference negotiates with the German government for compensation for Jewish Holocaust survivors and preserves […]