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Many people who helped save Jews from persecution by the Nazis are recognised as "Righteous Among The Nations" by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem. (If you run a wikipedia search on 'righteous among the nations' you will find links to brief biographies).
Some of the best known of these are:
Corrie ten Boom (Netherlands)
Pere Marie-Benoit (France)
Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians
Oskar Schindler (Germany)
Giorgio Perlasca (Italy)
Archbishop Damaskinos (Greece)
Julius Madritsch (Austria)
Prince Konstantin Karadja (Romania)
Per Faye-Hansen (Norway)
Frank Foley (England)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoSchindler and the Ten Boom family are two of the best known ones, but there are many others. The Holocaust Memorial Center in Jerusalem commemorates over 24 000 rescuers. The Related Links below give...
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∙ 12y agoif they were discovered they would be sent to concentration camps with the jews
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Did all Germans support hittlers plan to exterminate the Jewish people?
No some helped hide the Jews
What countries helped the Jews during the Holocaust?
Some individuals helped: no country helped as a country.IMPROVE: It is true that no complete country, as one, had completely hid the Jews.However, in countries in Poland, many people helped hide thousands of Jews. The Poles and Polish Jews were allied with each other because they just wanted to protect their homeland and defend their freedom from the Germans that invaded Poland.There are some other country's people that helped. In Bulgaria, they managed to save their entire Jewish population from deportation and shipment to concentration camps.In Albania, the people stood and protected their Jews because they were Muslim, and they believed in their religious morals.
Did anyone else sufferer except the Jews in the holocaust?
Yes, of course. The Nazi's imprisone Gypsies, criminals, homsexuals, and anyone who protested against Hitler.They also imprisoned the people who helped the Jews hide, and some Nazi's themselfs for trying to kill Hitler.
Why Harriet Tubman was a good example?
Harriet Tubman was an inspiration to help suppressed people find ways to a better life. Later, during the holocaust people helped hide and smuggle Jews in Germany and the surrounding countries, such as Poland.
Who helped Jews in the Holocaust?
A German man called Oskar Schindler is one man who helped the Jews although it started out for profit because Jew labour was cheap. In the end though he ended up penniless from bribes and black-market purchases for the Schindlerjuden, or Schindler's Jews. Another person was Irene Gut Opdyke, a Polish nurse who throughout the war was captured, beaten and raped. A lot more people helped despite the dangers.
Who were some people who helped hide Jews from nazi troops?
shindler and the ten boom family(:
Who were some of the people who helped hide Jews from nazi troops who was the righteous?
I have added a link to the Righteous from Yad Vashem.
Who were the some of the people who helped hide the Jews from the Nazis?
bugariansResistance fighters and allied troops even. Some people organized associations and would look for nazi unifroms or such and look for Jews and get them to a safe place
Who was imprisoned and murdered in concentrartion camps?
Jews and people who helped Jews hide.
What countries helped hide Jews?
Switzerland
Where did Jews who escaped hide from the Nazi troops?
They hide in cellars, barns, the forests. Anything that was available.
Did all Germans support hittlers plan to exterminate the Jewish people?
No some helped hide the Jews
How dangerous was it for miep to help the annex members?
She was very brave, as people who helped Jews to hide could be sent to a concentration camp.
Did some Europeans helped to rescue or hide Jews during the Holocaust?
Yes.
Who helped the Jews eat and survive yet did not hide them during World War 2?
Friends of their kids or just friends and people who didn't believe with Adolf Hittler and people who wanted the Jews to have a fair share.
Which commandments did Corrie ten Boom break?
she helped he Jews neighbour escape from NAZI HOLOCAUST. to hide them.
What countries helped the Jews during the Holocaust?
Some individuals helped: no country helped as a country.IMPROVE: It is true that no complete country, as one, had completely hid the Jews.However, in countries in Poland, many people helped hide thousands of Jews. The Poles and Polish Jews were allied with each other because they just wanted to protect their homeland and defend their freedom from the Germans that invaded Poland.There are some other country's people that helped. In Bulgaria, they managed to save their entire Jewish population from deportation and shipment to concentration camps.In Albania, the people stood and protected their Jews because they were Muslim, and they believed in their religious morals.
