Righteous Among Nations

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Hans Calmeyer is remembered for saving thousands of Jews. A Holocaust survivor says he sent her to Auschwitz.

Femma Fleijsman’s account, in addition to other research, has ignited a debate in the Netherlands and beyond about the German lawyer’s legacy.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 6, 2020 4:22 pm

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Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review)

A Ukrainian priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust has never been honored by Yad Vashem. New research could change that.

In addition to hiding Jews in monasteries, the Hebrew-speaking Andrey Sheptytsky risked his life to tell Pope Pius XII about Nazi atrocities.

May 1, 2020 3:24 pm

Jozef Walaszczyk, 100, who saved more than 50 Jews during the Holocaust, telling his story at a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 28, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

A love affair that made him risk everything: Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews reveals an epic WWII story

When Nazis caught Jozef Walaszczyk and his future Jewish wife in a hotel room, he hatched an ingenious plan.

April 20, 2020 4:00 pm

Last surviving German recognized by Yad Vashem as righteous gentile for Holocaust heroism dies

By Marcy Oster March 23, 2020 2:44 pm

Jonny Daniels delivering groceries to a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland on March 17, 2020. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Aging Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust are at risk from the coronavirus. So this Jewish group is delivering food to them.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 19, 2020 4:28 pm

A poster advertising an exhibition in Luxembourg on the actions of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. (Courtesy of the government of Luxembourg)

Portuguese politician apologizes for calling famous rescuer of Jews a ‘loan shark’

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 3, 2020 4:55 pm

Maria Nowak receiving Flemish Prime Minister Jan Jambon to her 100th birthday celebration at her home in Krakow, Poland on Jan. 20, 2020. (Tytus Kondracki)

Belgian leader celebrates Holocaust rescuer’s 100th birthday

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 22, 2020 3:31 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 18, 2019 9:57 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 15, 2019 1:01 pm

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

By Marcy Oster November 3, 2019 11:06 am

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