A true example of a nation rising to action in opposition to the unwarranted oppression of their Jewish neighbors, our discussion will focus on the story of Rabbi Bent Melchior’s family and the will of the Danes to come together in their extraordinary effort.īeth S. Together, they believed in the basic rights of individuals and succeeded in providing shelter and safe passage to Sweden to their fellow citizens through their own devices and resources. The Danish nation was unique in saving most of its Jewish community during World War II.
He is a trained Yad Vashem educator and writes curriculum for Holocaust studies. He served as a Jewish educator and education director for over 34 years in Detroit, Omaha, Ann Arbor, and Alexandria. Scott Littky is the Executive Director of the Institute for Holocaust Education located in Omaha NE. Further, their story influenced the life of their daughter, Cornelia, and guided her with an inner strength through her work as a journalist, a politician, and as the Federal Commissioner for Foreigner’s Affairs in Germany. Two Trees in Jerusalem tells the remarkable story of two of those people: a husband and wife team, Eberhard and Donata Helmrich. As few as 27,000 people have been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, those non-Jewish men and women who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save at least one Jewish person.
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