A great example of the difference that the bravery of one person can make

[Siwsan]

Greek woman who risked her life to save Jewish family from the Nazis is overcome with emotion as they're reunited and she meets the children they went on to have



A Greek woman who risked her life to hide a Jewish family from the Nazis during the war says she can now 'die quietly' after an emotional reunion with the children they went on to have.

Melpomeni Dina, 92, wiped away tears as she clutched the hands of the family she saved during World War II in a memorial to Jews at the Hall of Names in Jerusalem on Sunday.

The emotional encounter was the first time she had been reunited with the Israeli family of the Jewish siblings that she hid, fed and protected during the Holocaust as a teenager more than 75 years ago.

One by one, the 40 descendants leaned down and hugged Ms Dina to whom they owe their very existence on Sunday, as she sat in her wheelchair and as tears streaked down her wrinkled face.

More at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7644969/In-fading-ritual-WWII-rescuer-reunites-Jews-saved.html

[TNNurse]

1. Hard to read with tears in my eyes.

There have always been good people.

[sarge43]

2. They're all her children, too. n/t

[LAS14]

3. K & R

[SWBTATTReg]

4. How beautiful. Just beautiful. ...

[randr]

5. Another example that I was fortunate enough to be friends with

Norman Gershman, a photographer who brought this story to light.
https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/besa/index.asp

[hibbing]

6. How incredible n/t

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. Step down Superman, you have been replaced by the most

powerful HERO on the planet.

[Thunderbeast]

8. I am so glad that these heros see recognition during their lives.

The gratitude from the descendents of the survivors is a wonderful story.

I am reminded of the vast empty branches of my own family tree, and a reminder of the countless aunts, uncles, and cousins who perished in the holocaust. The camps were liberated a mere seven years before my birth.

We must not forget. We must not let the deniers to re-write history. Stories like this keep the reality of that horror alive.

[crickets]

9. What a beautiful story. Thank you for posting it. nt

[mountain grammy]

10. I showed this to my granddaughters.

Never forget!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

11. Wow... just,

Wow. ❤️