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Behind the Aegis

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11. Even when it wasn't thousands, other important names....
Sun Nov 3, 2013, 11:49 PM
Nov 2013
Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, a Jewish couple from Philadelphia who followed their conscience, traveling to Nazi-controlled Vienna in spring 1939 to save a group of children.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1223719


During one of humanity’s darkest chapters, when millions of Jews, gays, communists and racial minorities were rounded up across Europe, many Albanians put up a fight to save complete strangers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1223334


Dr. Mohamed Helmy is the first Arab to be honored in the 50-year span of the project, which has recognized 24,911 individuals from 44 countries.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014608528


Irena Sendler: Polish Woman Who Saved 2,500 Jewish Children Gets Walkway Named For Her

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/irena-sendler-poland-jews_n_3280035.html


Feng-Shan Ho was a Chinese diplomat who saved approximately 2,000 Jews during the early years of World War II. Ho was consul-general of the Chinese embassy in Vienna during the Austrian annexation.

There is a list of other saviors, including some already mentioned by you or me, at this site: http://listverse.com/2008/11/06/10-people-who-saved-jews-during-world-war-two/


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Recommended. (nt) NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1
Thanks, sweets!!! Beacool Nov 2013 #2
K & R nt littlewolf Nov 2013 #3
K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #4
here are some other heros that saved thousands. littlewolf Nov 2013 #5
Yes, there were other heroes. Beacool Nov 2013 #8
Even when it wasn't thousands, other important names.... Behind the Aegis Nov 2013 #11
Thank you for adding more stories. Beacool Nov 2013 #14
What I like about littlewolf's post and mine is that the heroics cross all lines. Behind the Aegis Nov 2013 #15
Yes, just as there are evil people in the world, Beacool Nov 2013 #17
Well said. JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #19
Thanks, Julie. Beacool Nov 2013 #20
K & R..... dhill926 Nov 2013 #6
Thank you. Beacool Nov 2013 #10
"They viewed the Jews as Danes..." Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #7
That's precisely why thy were saved. Beacool Nov 2013 #13
I love stories like this. Denmark is now my new favorite country in Europe. Zorra Nov 2013 #9
Thank you. Behind the Aegis Nov 2013 #12
You're welcome. Beacool Nov 2013 #16
Mostly just ordinary people who risked their lives for strangers. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #18
I agree. Beacool Nov 2013 #21
The OP credits "prominent Nazis" but let us honor specifically Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz Jim Lane Nov 2013 #22
Thanks for adding more information to this thread. Beacool Nov 2013 #23
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