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Roderick W. Edmonds (August 20, 1919 – August 8, 1985) [1] was a master sergeant of the 106th Infantry Division, 422nd Infantry Regiment in the United States Army during World War II, who was captured and became the ranking U.S. non-commissioned officer at the Stalag IX-A prisoner-of-war camp in Germany, where—at the risk of his life—he saved an estimated 200–300 Jews from being ...
Frank Foley risked his life to save the lives of thousands of German Jews. Without the protection of diplomatic immunity he visited internment camps and sheltered Jewish refugees in his house. Frank Foley was a true British hero. It is right that we should honour him at the British Embassy in Berlin, not far from where he once worked.
There are both men and women on this list of Widerstandskämpfer ("Resistance fighters") primarily German, some Austrian or from elsewhere, who risked or lost their lives in a number of ways. They tried to overthrow the National Socialist regime, they denounced its wars as criminal, tried to prevent World War II and sabotaged German attacks on ...
They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust: Gay Block: 1992 United States Sequel to Lódz Ghetto: Alan Adelson 1992 Poland Miejsce urodzenia: Paweł Łoziński English title: Birthplace: 1992 France La Rafle du Vel-d'Hiv, La Marche du siècle: William Karel: 1992 Japan The Visas That Saved Lives: Alan Adelson 1992 Sweden Återkomster
The children, taken from their parents before they perished in concentration camps like Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, were transported to London to live with foster families. Because of Winton's ...
It describes how many Italians, including Roman Catholic priests, risked their lives to hide Jews from Nazi troops after the German occupation of Italy in 1943. Among them was Bartali, whose words are spoken in a voiceover by actor Robert Loggia. [1] Bartali is shown in archival footage and reenactments, and his son Andrea is interviewed.
Heroes and Heroines of the Holocaust at the Holocaust Survivors' Network; Rescuers at the Jewish Virtual Library; The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous at JFR.org; Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State at the American public television broadcaster PBS; zyciezazycie.pl, a site commemorating Poles who gave their lives to save Jews
This is a partial list of some of the most prominent Righteous Among the Nations per country of origin, recognized by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem. These people risked their lives or their liberty and position to help Jews during The Holocaust; some suffered death as