Resistance

Selma van de Perre singing her book at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Jan. 9, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

At 97, a Dutch resistance hero wants to give fellow Jewish fighters overdue recognition

One of the last living Dutch resistance fighters, Selma van de Perre hopes to counter the false narrative of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 17, 2020 2:06 pm

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Yvette Lundy, French Resistance member who helped Jewish families, dies at 103

A survivor of two concentration camps, Lundy did not speak about her war experiences until nearly 15 years after liberation.

November 4, 2019 3:40 pm

Ghost writer revisits her own amazing Holocaust survival story in Amsterdam

Miriam Dubi-Gazan returned to the Amsterdam cellar where resistance fighters hid her from the Nazis.

June 26, 2018 12:20 pm

New Jersey widow donates $22 million to German zoo in memory of her Jewish husband

September 4, 2017 11:50 am

These Young Sibs Resisted Hitler and Paid With Their Heads. Literally.

By Leah Falk

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Monument to non-Jewish Polish resistance fighter unveiled in Warsaw

May 14, 2017 12:52 pm

Incredible Sukkot Photos From Inside the Lodz Ghetto

By Ilana Sichel

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Meet the French Boy Whose Forged Papers Saved 14,000 Jews

By Zachary Solomon

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The German Teens Who Sang and Danced Their Nazi Resistance

By Abby Sher

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The Surprisingly Jewish History of Club Med

By Leah Falk

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