General Resources are found at the top of the page and specific people are below. If you need
to search for more information, use the following method: Put the person's name in quotes followed by the + sign and the word "Holocaust";
in quotes (example: "Anne Frank" + "Holocaust").
Dinur Center for Jewish History
History of Women
Holocaust Education and Research Project - H.E.A.R.T.
The Holocaust - Lest We Forget
Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance
Project
Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
Members of European Resistance
Rescuers-University of South Florida Teacher's Guide
Rescuers of Jews (Simon Wiesenthal Center)
- Search by Country
Resistance and Rescue
The Edelweiss Pirates
Scholastic
Simon Wiesenthal Center
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust-Resisters
To Save One Life
University of South Florida Teacher's Guide
Witnesses:
Cybrary of the Holocaust|
Women as Rescuers - New Jersey Council of the Humanities
(includes
Corrie ten Boom, Miep Gies, Yvonne Nevejean, Marion Pritchard)
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**Per Johan Valentin Anger (pronounced: per Yohun Valenteen Ungr)
Swedish Displomat-Jewish Virtual Library |
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**Elisabeth Abegg
The Righteous Among Nations
Germany
I Survived the Holocaust |
Mordechai
Anielewicz - Resistance Fighter-Warsaw Ghetto (pronounced: Mordechai Aneelewitz)
Mordechai Anielewicz
Jewish Virtual Library |
**Gertruda Babilinska (prounounced: Gertrueda Balilinska)
Gertrude Babilinska - Poland
U.S. Holocaust Museum Printout |
**Dr. Petras Baublys - Lithuanian Pediatrician
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Righteous Among the Nations
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**Leo Baeck - German
writer and philosopher (pronounced: Leo Beck)
Leo Baeck Institute
Jewish Virtual Library
Leo Baeck
Organization
Encyclopedia Brittanica |
**Father
Arrigo Beccari - Italian
priest [worked with Dr. Giusseppe Moreali]
**Father Arrigo Beccari
Yad Vashem
Father Arrigo Beccari - Catholic Resource Center
Virtual Library
Jewish Italy |
**Germaine Belline and Dr. Lillian Gaffney
Members of European Resistance Groups
Garden of the Righteous |
**Johan Benders and Gerritdina Benders-Letterboer (pronounced: Yohun Benders. Herridina Bendrers-Letterboor)
Joan Benders and Gerritdina Benders-Letterboer - Netherlands |
Pierre-Marie Benoit - French
National (Monk)(pronounced: Pierre-Marie Benwa)
**Pierre-Marie Benoit
Virtual Library |
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Bergson Boys - Palestinian Jews
The American Experience - PBS
The Bergson Group, an Interview
Bergson Boys, Mission Impossible |
**Count
Folke Bernadotte - Swedish
statesman (pronounced: Count Volka Bernadotta
Virtual Library
Memorial Library
Who Killed Count Folke Bernadottet?
Encyclopedia
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**Jerzy Bielecki - Fugitive and Partisan
Flickers of Light |
Julian Bilecki - Polish Rescuer
Polish Teenager Helps Save Lives
Holocaust survivor owes life to righteous Gentile
Rescuer of Jews
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**Bert Bochove - Dutch Rescuer (pronounced: Bairt Bochova
Bert Bochove Tells His Story
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**Johannes Bogaard - Dutch farmer (pronounced:Yohannus Bochart)
Johannes Bogard
The Righteous Among Nations
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust (print) |
**Anna Borkowska - Mother Superior from Poland - Sister Bertranda
The Righteous Among Nations
Catholic Nun |
**Angel Sans Briz - (pronounced: Anhel Sans Brees)
**Angel Sans Briz
Angel Sans Briz - Spain
Diplomat
The Angel of Budapest
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**Father Bruno Reynders (pronounced: Father Bruno Rein-derz)
Benedictine Munk
Jewish Federation
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**Wladyslawa
Choms - Polish rescuer of Jews(pronounced:
Yad Vashem
Remembering the Women Who Resisted the 3rd Reich
The Angel of Lwow
The Angel of Lwow - #2
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**ANNA AND JARUSLAV CHLUP (pronounced: Anna and Yaruslav Schloop)
Czechoslovakian Couple
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**David Cohen - Dutch Zionist Leader (pronounced: David Co-hen)
Yad Vashem
Holocaust Research Project
The Terrible Choice
Dutch Jews as Perceived by Themselves and By Others |
**Ida and Louise Cook - British Sisters of Mercy
Print-out
Times Online
The Jewish Voice and Opinion
British Heroes of the Holocaust Honored
The Jerusalem Post
Holocaust Educational Trust |
**Sergeant Charles Coward - British
Telegraph
Holocaust Educational Trust
In The News
The Count of Auschwitz |
**Christine Damski - Polish Rescuer
Christine Damski Tells Her Story
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**John
Damski- Polish Rescuer
** John Damski
John Damski
John Damski Tells His Story
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**Jean Deffaugt - Mayor of Annemasse (pronounced: Jan De-voe)
Jewish Virtual Library
Yad Vashem
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Leif Donde
Leif Donde - Denmark
New York Times article
Avenue of the Righteous
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**Arnold
Douwes Dutch
rescuer (pronounced: Arnoldt Dou-wis)
Finding a Place to Hide
Arnold Douwes - Yad Vashem
Arnold Douwes |
**Heinz Drossel - German
University of Michigan News Service
Jewish Virtual Library |
Janina Klein Dylag - Polish Rescuer
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Catholic Friends of Israel
Examiner.com - Hartford |
**Herman (Paul) Feder (pronounced: Herman Fader)
Poland
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**Bronislaw Firuta - Polish Rescuer (pronounced: Bron-ees-law Fee-ru-ta)
Polish Rescuer
Washington Times
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**Gisi
Fleischmann - Zionist Activist in Solvakia (pronounced: Gee-zi Fleischmann)
Bookrags
Jewish Women's Encyclopedia
Jewish Agency for Israel
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**Major Frank Foley - British Spy
Print-Out available in Media Center - Educational Trust
Jewish Chronicle
British Paper
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**Varian Fry - Rescuer and Journalist
Varian Fry-An American in Marseilles
Varian Fry - Photographs
Varian Fry Institute
Varian Fry Foundation
Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee
Varian Fry and the Connecticut Connection
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Gadomski - Polish
Denounced as Jewish
See connection to Emanuel Tanay ("Courage to Care" in HKMS Media Center)
Holocaust Museum
Personal History
Passport to Life
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**Robert Gamzon - French partisan commander (pronounced:Gam-zon)
**Robert Gamzon
Robert Gamzon
The Holcaust and the Jews of France
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
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| The Gelpernus Diary - Resistance in the Kovno Ghetto |
| Kurt Gerron |
**Miep
Gies - Dutch Rescuer (pronounced: Meep Ghees)
**Miep Gies-2
The Story of Miep Gies
Miep Gies and the Story of Anne Frank
Holocaust, Crimes and Villains
Miep Gies
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**Panayotis and Leonidas Giortsas - Greek Rescuer (pronounced: Pan-a-yo-tees and La-o-nee-das Gee-ort-sas)
Greece
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**Hermann Friedrich Graebe (pronounced:Her-mann Freed-rick Gray)
**Hermann Graebe
The Witness to Murder who Decided to Act - Germany
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*Haika Grosman-Underground Activist
Spartacus
Women of Valor
A Mirror of Our History
Bialystoker Synagogue
German Civilization |
**Dr. Adelaide Hautval - French Psychiatrist
Flickers of Light
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Shoah Resource Center
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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**Dr. Joseph Jaksy = Czechoslovakia
New York Times Obituary
Goodness without Rancor
Holocaust Encyclopedia |
**Father Dragutin Jesih
The Righteous Among the Nations
Crotian History
The Axis History Forum |
**Jan Karski - Silent Messenger (pronounced: Yun Karski)
The Envoy - Poland
Jan Karski, Silent Hero
Gardens of the Righteous
How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust |
Dr. Janusz
Korczak - Swedish Medical Doctor (pronounced: Ya-nuush Kor-zaak)
**Dr. Janusz Korczak
Australian Memories of the Holocaust
Swedish Holocaust Memorial Association
Janusz Korczak's Biography
Jewish Virtual Library-Janusz Korczak |
**Jan Kostanski - Polish Teenager
U.S. Holocaust Museum Printout
Over the Ghetto Walls
Letter to the Ambassador of Israel to Australia - 1983
Featured in Parallel Journeys
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| Abba Kovner - Poet and Partisan |
**Olga Kukovic - Croatian Rescuer (pronounced: Olga Ku-ko-vich)
Croatian Rescuer
Croatian Rescuer: Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous-Olga Kukovic
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**Le Cambon-Town in France
Le Chambon - Sur - Lignon
Le Chambon - Sur - Lignon-Photography
Transcript of a podcast conversaton with Tracy Strong, Jr. ("In 1940, Tracy Strong left the relative safety of America to help students displaced by the war in Europe to continue their studies. While uncomfortable with the title, Strong's efforts to sustain an educational safe haven ultimately proved life-saving for many Jews.)
Tracy Strong, Jr. former employee, European Student Relief Fund in Le Cambon |
Aharon Liebeskind - Resistance Fighter (pronounced: A-ha-ron Lee-bes-kint)
The Holocaust Chronicle |
**Dr. Kurt and Ella Lingens - Viennese Physicians
Flickers of Light |
**Janis Lipke- Resident of Riga, Latvia(pronounced: Yun Lipkuh)
World Holocaust Forum
Holocaust Encyclopedia
Images
Heroes Who Saved Lives
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**Carl Lutz - Swiss Diplomat
**Carl Lutz
Yad Vashem
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Through the Lens of History
Capitol Hill Exhibit Honors Carl Lutz
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**Hermann Maas (pronounced: Her-mun Mas)
Hermann Maas-Germany
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Madame Marie - French concierge
The Righteous Among the Nations
The Courage to Care (HKMS Book) |
**Rut Matthijsen - Dutch Rescuer(pronounced: Reut Mat-tay-sin)
**Rut Matthijsen
Dutch Rescuer - student group
The Heart Has Reasons |
| **Odette Meyers |
**Dr. Giusseppe Moreali
- Italian Priest (pronounced: Dr. Ji-sseppy Mo-ray-a-li) [worked with Father Arrigo Beccari]
Yad Vashem
Jewish News of Phoenix
Teens Escape to Israel
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**Abbe Rene de Naurois (pronounced: A-bay Re-ne de Now-rwa)
French
Catholic Education Resource Center |
**Preben Munch-Nielsen (pronounced: Pra-ben Moonch-Neelsen)
Preben Munch-Nielsen
Rescuer of Danish Jews |
**Dorothea Neff (pronounced: Dor-o-tay-a Neff)
Actress
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Central European Churches and the Holocaust |
**Yvonne Nevejean - Head of Belgian Center for Children (pronounced: E-fon-na Neve-jean)
Yad
Vashem
Yvonne Nevejean
Jewish Virtual Library |
**Monsignor Guiseppe Nicolini-Italian Monsignor
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Righteous Among Nations
First Things
Pittsburgh Newspaper |
**Ellen Nielsen - Danish Woman
Ellen Nielsen Story
Biography
B'Nai Brith
Stephen Pollard's Website
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
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| **Preben Munch Nielsen |
Maria Olt - Hungary
**Maria Olt |
**Giovanni Palatucci - Italian Hero
Biography - Anti Defamation League
Raoul Wallenberg
Jewish Post
Holocaust Martyr to be Beatified - Encyclopedia
Echoes and Reflections-Yad Vashem |
**Irene Opdyke
Encyclopedia.com
Jewish Virtual Library
Teenage Nurse
The Courage to Care - HKMS Book |
**Jaap Penraat (Dutch) (pronounced: Yahp Pen-rat)
Find a Grave
N.Y Times Obituary
Images
Alan Chartock Interview
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**Lorenzo Perrone-Italian Civil Worker
Flickers of Light
Gardens of the Righteous |
**Dimitar Peshev - Bulgarian Rescuer (pronounced: De-me-tar Pesh-ev)
Contesting the Deportations in Parliament - Bulgaria
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**Stefania Podgorska - Polish Seamstress
Holocaust Rescuer
Holocaust Museum-Holocaust Encyclopedia
Catholic Heroes of the Holocaust
Images |
**Jerzy Pozimski - Auschwitz Prisoner
Flickers of Light |
**Marion Pritchard - Dutch Rescuer (pronounced: Mar-yonj Preet-chard)
**Marion Pritchard
Dutch Rescuer
Dutch Rescuer - Jewish Virtual Library
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**Oskar
Schindler - Rescuer
Oskar and Emilie Schindler-Germany
Jewish Virtual Library
Oscar Schindler Story
The Real Oscar Schindler
U.S. Holocaust Museum Print-out
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**Monsignor Beniamino Schivo - Italian Priest
Holocaust Resources for Catholic Educators
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Kenosha News
Voice of the Orthodox Community-Holocaust Survivor Meets Her Rescuer for the 1st time in 60 years |
**Max Schmeling - Aryan Champ, Savior of the Jews (pronounced: Max Schme-ling)
Boxing Champion
The Story of a Hero |
**Eduard Schulte - German Industrialist (pronounced: A-du-ward Shul-tee)
Holocaust Museum
The Niskor Project |
**Robert and Johanna Sedul
The Janitor's Cellar
Heroes Who Saved Lives
Liepaaja Memorial Committee
Commission of Historians
The Linkimer Diary |
**Irena
Sendler or Irena Sendlerowa - Health Worker/Savior of Jews (pronounced: Ee-rayna Send-ler)
Smuggling Children out of the Ghetto
Holocaust Hero turns 97
Auschwitz
Info-Poland
The Irena Sendler Project
Gardens of the Righteous
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**Ona
Simaite - Polish Rescuer (pronounced: O-na Schma-ta)
Ona Simaite-Yad Vashem
Ona Simaite - U.S. Holocaust Museum
Handwritten Notes
Photographs
"And I Burned with Shame"
Mother to the Jews of the Vilna Ghetto
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**Waitsill and Martha Sharp
Waitsill and Martha Sharp
Waitsill and Martha Sharp - Photography
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**Sofka Skipworth
Obituary
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**Mother Marie Skobtzova - Russian Revolutionary
Israel Minitry of Foreign Affairs
Dachau, Holocaust and Samurai (book) |
Henryk Slawik (pronounced: Henrick Sla-wick)
The Warsaw Voice - An Unsung Hero
The Man Who Saved Thousands
The Polish Raoul Wallenberg
A Polish Wallenberg?
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**Luis Martins De Souza Dantas - "Brazilian Schindler" (pronounced: Loo-wis Mar-teens de Soo-za Dan-tas)
Luis Martins De Souza Dantas - Brazil
Luis Martins De Souza Dantas
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**Aristedes de Sousa Mendes (pronounced: A-ree-stay-dis de Soosa Men-des)
The Insubordinate Consul - Portugal
U.S. Holocaust Museum Printout
Angel of Bordeaux
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**Aloysius Stepinac - Crotian Priest
Absolute Astronomy
A servant of God and the Croatian People
Aloysius Stepinac
Columbia Encyclopedia
Timeline
Irondequot Catholic Communities |
**Tina
Strobos - Dutch Rescuer (pronounced: Tee-na Stro-bos)
Tina Strobos Tells Her Story
Tina Strobos
U.S. Holocaust Museum Printout
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| **Tracy Strong |
**Chiune Sugihara - Japanese Rescuer (pronounced: Choo-ne Su-gee-ha-ra)
The Sugihara Project
Sempo Sugihara, a Righteous Person
PBS
Chiune Sugihara - Holocaust Encyclopedia
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**Mordechai
Tenenbaum - Underground Leader (pronounced: Mor-de-chi Ten-en-baum)
Yad Vashem
Fighters of the Bialystok Ghetto |
**Corrie Ten Boom (pronounced: Co-ree 10 bome)
**Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom
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**Pastor Trocme - French Rescuer (pronounced: Pas-tor Troc-mee)
U.S. Holocaust Museum Printout
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**Johtje Vos - Netherlands
Holocaust Rescuer
Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
Encyclopedia.com
-Remembering a woman of valor
The Courage to Care - HKMS Book |
**Raoul
Wallenberg - Angel of Mercy (pronounced: Ra-ool Wall-en-berg)
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg - A Swedish Rescuer in Budapest
Raoul Wallenberg - Righteous among Nations
Raoul Wallenberg, Angel of Mercy-Swedish
Institute
The American Experience-PBS
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**Mirjam Waterman - Dutch Rescuer (pronounced: Meer-yum Vater-mun)
Mirjam Pinkhof Tells Her Story
Partisan and Underground
U.S. Holocaust Museum Print-out
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**John Weidner -
The Life and Times of John Weidner
The Courage to Care - HKMS Book
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**Joop Westerweel - Dutch Teacher - (pronounced: Yope Ves-ter-vail)
Yad Vashem
Holocaust Museum
Speech
10 Plans to Excape |
**The White Rose
Jewish Virtual Library
Holocaust Museum
Wallenberg Foundation |
**Zofia, Aleksandra and Antoni Wieczorek - Rescuer
International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation |
**Nicholas Winton
Rescue of Children from Czechoslovakia
Nicholas Winton
The Power of Good
ABC News
Telegraph-U.K.
Oral History Archive
Sir Nicholas Winton-A Reluctant Holocaust Hero |
**Ludwig Worl - Auschwitz Elder
Flickers of Light |
**Jan
Zabinski - Polish Engineer and Zoologist (pronounced: Yun Za-bin-ski)
Yad Vashem
U.S. Holocaust Museum Printout
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| **Jan Zwartendijk (pronounced:
Yun Z-vart-en-dayk)
Jan Zwartendijk
The Story of Jan Zwartendijk
The Story of Jan Zwartendijk
U.S. Holocaust Museum
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Zofia, Aleksandra and Antoni Wieczorek - Rescuer
International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation |
Dr. Julius Zubli - Dutch Physician
Holocaust Forgotten
Non-Jewish Victims
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| General Rescue Information
General Rescue Information
General Rescue Information - Photographs
Kindertransport
Aid and Escape-Personal Histories
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