Selma van de Perre – Jewish Dutch Resistance Fighter Who Lived a Double Life
I’d like to call your attention to Selma van de Perre, nee Velleman, a Jewish Dutch resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor who died in October 2025 at the age of 103. She wrote her autobiography to describe her experiences: van de Perre, S. (2021). My name is Selma: The remarkable memoir of a Jewish…
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”[1] until her circumstances required her to become much more. When World War II broke out she rose to the occasion becoming part of a network to help Jews escape to Sweden. Gift #4 Lise Borsum Taking great…
