Topics: Righteous Gentiles
To Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Claims Conference Launches New Innovative Social Media Campaign: #DONTBEABYSTANDER
Social Media Campaign To Honor Righteous Among The Nations, Non-Jews Who Risked Everything During The Holocaust To Rescue Jews.
Honoring the Righteous
In May 1943, a young Jewish boy and his parents were taken into hiding on a farm in Poland, after escaping the Siemiatycze Ghetto, ending up in a forest and having no other place to hide. The family that owned the farm eventually hid a total of seven Jews in a succession of bunkers for […]
Survivor Story: Rene Hammond
Growing up in Czechoslovakia, Rene Hammond, née Koenigsberg, learned in school to speak fluent Hungarian, Czech, and English – skills she says equipped her for survival after the Nazis invaded. On May 16, 1944, 18-year-old Rene and her family were sent to a ghetto, where a non-Jewish friend would sneak food to her. After three […]
Holocaust Rescuers of Jews Honored by Claims Conference; Jewish Survivor and Polish Rescuer Reunited in Warsaw
This post is for historical informational purposes only. Please do not refer to this post for information pertaining to current Claims Conference programs. Visit What We Do for current program guidelines and information. Thank you. March 13, 2007 February 27, 2007, Warsaw — Polish citizens who in their youth risked their lives to save Jews from the […]
