Righteous Among Nations

Jonny Daniels, third from left, with the Bicaku family in their home in Durres, Albania on Dec. 11, 2019. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Jewish group to repair earthquake-struck home of Albanian Muslim whose father saved Jews

During the Holocaust, Muhamet Bicaku’s father and older brother sheltered about 20 Jewish families from occupation forces.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 18, 2019 9:57 am

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Edward Mosberg, center, and Jonny Daniels, right, celebrating with Jozef Walaszczyk his centenary birthday party in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 14, 2019. (From the Depths)

Holocaust rescuer gets a surprise 100th birthday party in Poland

Jozef Walaszczyk, who was picked up in a Ferrari, called it “the best surprise I have ever gotten in my life.”

November 15, 2019 1:01 pm

2 Holocaust survivors reunited with their Greek rescuer for first time since WWII

Yad Vashem has so far recognized over 27,000 Righteous Among the Nations, 355 of whom are from Greece.

November 3, 2019 11:06 am

Xhemal Veseli, left, with Jonny Daniels in Tirana, Albania in October 2019. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

93-year-old Albanian who rescued Jews to be honored in Poland

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 15, 2019 12:44 pm

Krystyna Danko receiving flowers from Jonny Daniels on in her apartment in Warsaw, Poland on her 102nd birthday on July 9, 2019. (From the Depths)

Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 9, 2019 11:04 am

Nobuki Sugihara, second from left with Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler and villagers from Mir, Belarus on May 2, 2019. (Boris Brumin)

The son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara is setting the record straight about his father’s story

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 16, 2019 5:40 pm

Holocaust rescuer Chinue Sugihara’s son helps honor his deeds in Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 3, 2019 9:50 am

Heidi Fishman holding up an op-ed she wrote about her family's rescue from the Holocaust using a Paraguayan passport. Courtesy of Heidi Fishman

Researchers unlock the mystery of Polish diplomats who rescued Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 15, 2019 1:43 pm

Developer razes woods near Jerusalem honoring Japanese Holocaust rescuer

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 15, 2019 12:54 pm

Israeli whose uncle was killed by Poles honors her mother’s rescuer

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 21, 2018 8:25 am

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