Foley, Michael Smith
Foley, Michael Smith
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Foley
The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews

Author: Michael Smith

Narrator: John Rubinstein

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/20/2022

Synopsis

Foley is a story of courage and quiet heroism in the face of great evil—a reminder of the impact that one brave individual can have on the lives of many.As the horror of Nazism tightened its grip on Germany, Jews found themselves trapped and desperate. For many, their only hope of salvation came in the form of a small, bespectacled British man: Frank Foley.Working as a Berlin Passport Control Officer, Foley helped thousands of Jews to flee the country with visas and false passports, personally entering the camps to get Jews out, and sheltering those on the run from the Gestapo in his own apartment. Described by a Jewish leader as “the Pimpernel of the Jews,” Foley was an unsung hero of the Holocaust. But why is this extraordinary man virtually unknown, even in Britain? The reason is simple: Foley was MI6 head of station in Berlin, bound to secrecy by the code of his profession.

About Michael Smith

Michael Smith is the bestselling author of a wide variety of books on spies and special forces. He served in British military intelligence before becoming an award-winning journalist, working for the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Times. Smith uncovered the Downing Street Memos, which exposed the truth about the intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq and the scandal of the secret air war fought long before either Congress or the U.K. Parliament backed military action. Michael is on the board of the Bletchley Park Trust and is chair of its historical advisory group. He is also a visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.

About John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein is an actor, composer, and director who won a Tony Award for his starring role in Broadway’s Children of a Lesser God. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks, earning several AudioFile Earphones Awards and being named a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2013.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lawrence on April 30, 2017

You need to appreciate that Captain Frank Foley was at times both a spy and a civil servant and in an age when both jobs could be exercised to whatever degree the individual cared about his duties to country or the common good or where possibly both. If he had chosen to be a strict civil servant as......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 01, 2016

This book initially seemed to me to be as unassuming as the man depicted on its pages. And like Capt. Frank Foley, who was a genuine hero, the book proved to be much richer than I had expected. It tells the story, as the title says, of Frank Foley, who, while working for British Intelligence during......more

Goodreads review by Tim on May 22, 2024

Michael Smith has created a wonderful tribute in his book on the amazing work of Frank Foley. Frank operated as an important spy for Britain during World War II, and whose efforts while placed in the British Passport Office in Berlin not only served Britain’s wartime interests, but saved many thousa......more

Goodreads review by Roberta on October 24, 2024

Outstanding An absolutely outstanding book. I had not heard of Foley before, but he made a huge difference. The number of Jews he saved was remarkable. He also played a key role in so many other aspects of WWII. Glad his story is being told. Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Dianne on May 06, 2015

This is the first time I have come across Frank Foley, an MI6 agent stationed in Berlin under the cover of Passport Control Officer during the pre-war period. With the declaration of war he transferred to Norway, and with Norway's fall back to the UK where he acted as a liaison officer between MI5 a......more

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