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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

Excerpts of the testimony of Ruth (Steckelmacher) Federman, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia in 1926, regarding her experiences in Prague during March-September 1939

Excerpts of the testimony of Ruth (Steckelmacher) Federman, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia in 1926, regarding her experiences in Prague during March-September 1939 Excerpts from a television film produced in Germany (apparently in 2014), including the testimony of Ruth (Steckelmacher) Federman, born in Prostejov in 1926, regarding her experiences in Prague during March-September 1939; Life in Prague with her mother and brother; German occupation of Prague, 15/03/1939; anti-Jewish legislation; theft of Jewish property; expulsion of the witness from the school; registration of the witness for travel to...

Type of Material : Testimony, Interview(s)

Language : Hebrew, German