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“Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark,” which opened last fall, tells one of the few hopeful, uplifting stories that can be told in the context of the Holocaust: the narrative of how thecitizens of Denmarkbanded together to save more than 95% of the country’s Jewish population from the ...
1939 letter found, plea to FDR to save Jewish kids03:17 By Evie Salomon This past April, 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon told the remarkable story ofSir Nicholas Winton, a stockbroker in London who saved 669 Czech children-- most of them Jewish--from the Nazis during WWII. ...
West Orange, New Jersey – Ahead of the upcoming holiday season, The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) has sent $515,000 to 156 Righteous Gentile, rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust living in 14 different countries. The foundation provides monthly financial awards to these aged and ...
Félix Díaz presented this initiative to the Congress of the Union, which ended up being approved, for the benefit of Jewish refugees from Germany amidst the full development of the Holocaust in Europe. After the declaration of war exercised by Mexico against the Axis in May 1942, restrictions...
“But when they meet Jewish kids and realize that they are no different from them, that they listen to the same music, wear the same clothes, then that knocks down barriers.” Article content The only problem, he said, is there are more schools requesting workshops than Jewish youngsters ...
Courage to Care, a travelling exhibition, aims to inform and educate Australians of the dangers of prejudice and discrimination. It educates visitors, in particular students, towards an understanding of the roles of victim, perpetrator and bystander by exposing them to survivors of the Holocaust and...
A second, more thought-out voice, said with trepidation — somewhat asking, somewhat stating: ”well…we lost in the Holocaust?” This highlighted the need children have to make of the world around them —as Jews. Yes, Jewish families and schools teach a great deal of Jewish text and valu...
The Blood Years is my Nana’s story, but it’s also the story of what happened in Czernowitz, Romania before and during the Holocaust. The biggest surprise came as a result of my research. One of the books I read was a memoir, Ruth’s Journey: A Survivor’s Memoir. After I ...
“I’m very glad you do remember. What are your thoughts about me having the name of a woman who died during the Holocaust while trying to save her family?” “Yes, well, I do think it’s nice to keep her memory alive by giving her name to someone in the family, but it’s also...