World War II
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Fishing Boat to Freedom
Henry and Ellen Thomsen saved Jews during the Holocaust by ferrying them to Sweden aboard a fishing boat, an act which cost Henry his life.
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A Christian Schoolteacher and Holocaust Hero
Johan “Joop” Westerweel was a Dutch schoolteacher who became a leader in the Dutch resistance against the Nazis during World War II, and who was killed for saving Jewish children from the Holocaust.
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Dr. Tina Strobos – I Believe in Heroism
Dr. Tina Strobos was a Dutch physician who was named a Righteous Gentile for her heroic work during the Holocaust.
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A Miracle Tip-Off Saves Jewish Grandparents
Writing at the BBC, the grandson of Danish Jews tells how his grandparents escaped being rounded up and murdered by the Nazi regime.
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Hannah’s Last Note
A writer and a fighter, poet and war hero Hannah Szenes recorded her thoughts right up until the Nazis murdered her.
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The Task That God Demands from Me
Johanna Eck was a German war widow who, during World War II, sheltered four victims of Nazi persecution, including two Jews.
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The Bielski Brothers Spark a Jewish Resistance
After experiencing the heartbreaking loss of their parents at the hands of the Germans in December 1941, three surviving brothers decided to take action.
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A Righteous Chemist
Anna Igumnova was a Russian chemist who helped save Slovakian Jews from the Nazis during World War II.
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The Jewish Boxers Who Helped FBI Fight the Nazis
An upcoming novel tells the true story of how the FBI recruited Jewish boxers in America to fight the Nazi scourge during World War II.
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He Who Saves One Life, Saves the Entire World
A Japanese diplomat during World War II, Chiune Sugihara issued visas to thousands of Jewish refugees in Lithuania, saving them from certain death at the hands of the Nazis.
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‘What I Did Was Merely My Duty’
Andrée Geulen is a Belgian schoolteacher who hid hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis, saving more than 30,000 from certain death during the Holocaust.
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A Mennonite in Nazi-Occupied France
A Mennonite from the U.S. and a French teacher, Lois Gunden rescued many Jewish children in France during the Holocaust.
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