Chiune Sugihara
Chiune Sugihara Facts – The Sugihara Curaçao Visas
Much has been written about Chiune Sugihara facts, life and work. We would like here to enlarge specifically on the Visas he issued with which many Jewish lives were saved.
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Father Kolbe
Auschwitz Father Kolbe volunteered to protect another man from starvation
The Cell of Father Maksymilian Kolbe
Another famous story involving Block 11 is that of the Polish Franciscan Maksymilian Rajmund Kolbe.
In late July 1941, there was a successful escape. According to camp policy Lagerführer Karl...
Holocaust Books By Survivors
Jan Karski Holocaust biography and resources: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust
Polish resistance fighter, eyewitness, and the messenger the world refused to hear, this is the Jan Karski Holocaust biography and resources including actual audio interviews.
Jan Karski was a Polish underground agent who, in 1942,...
Holocaust History
Lise Borsum – Gift #4 from Norway – Swedish Red Cross White Bus Rescue
Born September 18, 1908, Norwegian citizen Lise Borsum was “just the wife of wealthy Norwegian doctor Ragnar Borsum” until her circumstances required her to become much more.
When World War II broke out she rose...
Swedish Red Cross White Bus Rescue
Manya Friedman – Gift #5 from Sosnowiec, Poland
Gift #5 - Manya Friedman
Manya Friedman grew up very close to the German border in a small town called Sosnowiec.
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Manya’s parents met with their close friends “to decide...
Swedish Red Cross White Bus Rescue
Nelly Langholm – Gift #3 from Norway
Gift #3 Nelly Langholm
Ships and marine life provide bookends to important chapters in Nelly Langholm’s life, surrounding years of horror. Arrested in Norway in 1942, she was a prisoner on board the ship Monte...
Swedish Red Cross White Bus Rescue
Bernhard Kempler – Gift#2 from Krakow, Poland
Gift #2 - Bernhard Kempler
“Resilience is the capacity to find new and creative ways to assert life despite great trauma and obstacles.”
Born in 1936 in Krakow, Poland, Bernhard was only three years old when...
Swedish Red Cross White Bus Rescue
Anita Kempler Lobel – Gift #1 from Krakow, Poland
“My life has been good. I want more. Mine is only another story.” Anita Kempler Lobel (p. 190) Young Anita Kempler lived in Krakow, Poland with her parents and younger brother.
When the war came in...

