As a relief worker, one Polish Christian Countess regularly entered the Majdanek camp where 63,000 Jews were murdered. She brought food and medicine for the prisoners. She regularly negotiated with top Nazis. None ever discovered that she was, in fact, Jewish. Join the co-author of the book, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust, to learn about the inspiring and true story of Janina Mehlberg and why this exceptional Jewish woman was unknown until recently. Dr. Joanna Sliwa is a historian at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), where she also administers academic programs.

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