Righteous Among the Nations

hans calmeyer

German government urged not to honor Holocaust rescuer with murky record

Israel recognized Hans Calmeyer’s rescue of at least 3,000 Jews as a jurist for Nazi Germany, but new discoveries suggest he may have doomed others.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 28, 2020 9:45 am

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nna Stupnicka-Bando, the 90-year-old president of the Polish Association of the Righteous Among the Nations, entering one of the From the Depths taxis for saviors of Jews in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 29, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Warsaw, elderly Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust have a free taxi service

The project is a life changer for rescuers who survive on a few hundred dollars a month.

February 4, 2020 4:43 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)

Israeli Holocaust survivor helps buy hospital bed for 102-year-old Polish rescuer

Joe Erlichster’s own family was saved in the same village where 102-year-old Krystyna Danko risked her life to protect four Jews.

July 19, 2019 11:01 am

Poland honors Jewish leader and a diplomat working to recognize Holocaust rescuers

By Katarzyna Markusz June 13, 2019 12:15 pm

Yad Vashem posthumously recognizes a Dutch couple for hiding 2 Jewish boys during the Holocaust

By Marcy Oster April 23, 2019 11:09 am

London mosque to celebrate Muslims who rescued Jews in the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 28, 2018 8:03 am

Underground hideout for Jewish tailor discovered on farm in central Poland

By Katarzyna Markusz December 23, 2018 9:00 am

Ecuador honors late diplomat who saved Jews from the Nazis

By Marcus M. Gilban November 14, 2018 8:21 am

Jan Zwartendijk

Family of Dutch diplomat punished for saving Jews in the Holocaust gets official apology

October 18, 2018 5:09 pm

Jan Zwartendijk

Dutch diplomat was punished for saving Jews in the Holocaust, new book reveals

October 9, 2018 8:12 am

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