Showing posts with label Upstanders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Upstanders. Show all posts
Sunday, September 6, 2020

Citizens of Denmark Foiled the Nazis' Deportation Plan on Rosh Hashana

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Their mission was supposed to be easy – armed with a list of addresses, small teams made up of men from the SS and one Danish guide were sup...
Monday, May 18, 2015

People Who Resisted: Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan Humanitarian

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Paul Rusesabagina’s story was adapted in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda , along with the events of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. His humanitarian e...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

People who resisted - Sophie Schwartz

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When the French police arrested more than 13,000 Parisian Jews at the behest of Germany during a massive raid on July 16, 1942, Sophie Schwa...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

People Who Resisted – Dith Pran: photojournalist, refugee and survivor of the Cambodian Genocide

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Dith Pran: Survivor, Advocate, Photojournalist In the 1970s, Dith Pran was witnessing his country’s violent dissolution. Cambodia lapsed int...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Happy Birthday, Resistance Fighter, Mira Shelub

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  Mira after the war, 1947. Mira on the set of a JPEF interview holding a photo of her husband, Norman, 2002. Last week, Jewish parti...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Two JPEF Jewish Partisan Birthdays in December

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Blaichman in Polish partisan uniform, 1945 This month, Jewish partisan Frank Blaichman celebrated his 88th birthday. Frank was only 1...