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Documentation regarding the case of the rescue of the Jews from Bukhara, Iran and others in France during the German occupation

Documentation regarding the case of the rescue of the Jews from Bukhara, Iran and others in France during the German occupation - an article by Binyamin Ben David entitled "The Case of the Rescue of the Jews of Bukhara, Iran and Others in Paris During the Nazi Occupation" with information regarding the rescue of Jews from Bukhara, Georgia, Afghanistan, Iran and more in France during the Holocaust, thanks to their recognition as members of the Juguti community [“djougoutes” in French, descendants of Persian Jews who had been forced to convert to Islam in the early 19th century and lived in Paris]; the article...

File Number : 578

Type of Material : Record of Murdered Persons, Article, Record of Survivors

Language : Hebrew

Collection of stories about Righteous among the Nations, assembled by Kay Sharpe

Collection of stories about Righteous among the Nations, assembled by Kay Sharpe - the British Consul Robert Smallbones and the Deputy Consul Arthur Dowden in Frankfurt—after Kristallnacht, he issued provisional visas to the UK in 1938–1939, thus rescuing approx. 48,000 Jews; - the Chinese Consul Feng Shan Ho in Vienna, who saved Jews after Austria was annexed in 1938 by issuing visas to Shanghai; information is available at the Yad Vashem site and on Wikipedia; - George Ferdinand Duckwitz (a German diplomat in Denmark): after he discovered plans to deport the Jews of Denmark to concentration camps in...

File Number : 414

Type of Material : Article

Language : English