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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 ...
Irene Gut Opdyke (born Irena Gut, 5 May 1918 – 17 May 2003) [2] was a Polish nurse who gained international recognition for aiding Polish Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II. She was honored as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem for risking her life to save twelve Jews .
Francois Duhamel/Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection ... in 1944 and centered around the Battle of the Scheldt during World War II, ... heroes risk their lives to get victims of missile ...
Winton ultimately found homes in Britain for 669 children, [26] many of whose parents perished in the Auschwitz concentration camp. [27] His mother worked with him to place the children in homes and later hostels. [28] Throughout the summer of 1939, he placed photographs of the children in Picture Post seeking families to accept them. [29]
President Joe Biden on Friday summoned Americans to a defense of democracy, calling on the ideals of the Army Rangers who scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc 80 years ago to warn against a drift ...
Lena Lakomy who risked her life in Auschwitz to save the life of Hela Frank. [20] Robert Smallbones Consul General in Frankfurt who went far beyond the call of duty to ensure that Jewish families were given visas to save their lives, gave refuge to hundreds in his home and visited Concentration Camps to demand the release of interned Jews.
"My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place—police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces." — Sidney Sheldon 72.