Irene Gut Opdyke, a native of Poland who agreed to serve as a German officer’s mistress to save the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, died Saturday at 85. In 1940, Opdyke, who was later named a Righteous Gentile, befriended 12 Jews who were forced to work as dressmakers and tailors for the Nazis in Tarnopol, Poland.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
