In a ceremony at the Consulate General of Israel here Taeke and Ymie Lubbrts and Helena Zelwerowicz Orchon received the highest citation and medal for the Righteous of Nations awarded by Yad Vashem to Gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust of World War II. Receiving the award, Mrs. Orchon recalled that her father always had an open house during the Nazi occupation for Jews who needed help. The Lubbrts said: “We acted as Christians, in the spirit of Christ. In 1943 when we saw Jews transported to the railroad station, we decided to save Jewish lives. We never regretted this.”
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