<p>Aron and Lisa with Tadek Soroka, the Pole who helped them escape, on the occasion of Soroka's recognition as a "<a href="/narrative/11778">Righteous among the nations</a>" by Yad Vashem. Jerusalem, Israel, 1983.</p>
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Jan Karski (standing), underground courier for the Polish government-in-exile. He informed the west in the fall of 1942 about Nazi atrocities against Jews taking place in Poland. Pictured in his office in Washington, DC, United States, 1944.
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Jan Karski (standing)
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Jan Zwartendijk
Group of Jewish children who were sheltered in the children's home Maison des Roches, which was directed by Daniel Trocme (back, center, with glasses). Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, between 1941 and 1943.
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Jewish children who were sheltered in Le Chambon
View of Le Chambon, where most of the village's Protestant population hid Jews from the Nazis. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, date uncertain.
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Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Lois Gunden (center right) with other members of the Ville St. Christophe staff in Canet-Plage, France.  At the age of 26, Lois Gunden, a Mennonite and French teacher from Goshen, Indiana, sailed to Europe to head the Ville St. Christophe refugee children’s home in Canet-Plage, France. She had not been involved with overseas relief work before, and had never been to Europe. But she spoke French, and the Mennonite Central Committee needed someone willing to place herself in danger to help others. Gunden was willing.
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Lois Gunden and staff of the Ville St. Christophe refugee children’s home
Lucien-Louis Bunel
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Lucien-Louis Bunel
Martha Sharp stands next to her milk distribution center in Pau, France, 1940-1941.
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Martha and Waitstill Sharp
Portrait of Mother Superior Alfonse, who hid Jewish children from the Nazis in the Dominican Convent of Lubbeek near Hasselt. Yad Vashem recognized her as Righteous Among the Nations. Belgium, wartime
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Mother Superior Alfonse
Oskar Schindler standing (second from right) with some of the people he rescued. Munich, Germany, May–June 1946.
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Oskar Schindler
At Yad Vashem, the Israeli national institution of Holocaust commemoration, Oskar Schindler stands next to the tree planted in honor of his rescue efforts. Jerusalem, Israel, 1970.
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Oskar Schindler next to the tree planted in his honor
Jan Karski, underground courier for the Polish government-in-exile, informed the West in the fall of 1942 about Nazi atrocities against Jews taking place in Poland. Washington, DC, United States, 1943.
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Portrait of Jan Karski
Portrait of Jan Karski in Bethesda, Maryland, ca 1988
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Jan Karski ca. 1988
Portrait of Władysław Bartoszewski, Poland, unknown date.  Władysław Bartoszewski (1922–2015) was a co-founder and member of the Council for Aid to Jews, codenamed “Żegota.” Żegota was a clandestine rescue organization of Poles and Jews in German-occupied Poland. Supported by the Polish government-in-exile, Żegota coordinated efforts to save Jews from Nazi persecution and murder. It operated from 1942 to 1945. After World War II broke out in September 1939, Władysław worked as a janitor at a Polish Red Cross clinic. In the fall of 1940, Władysław was caught in an arbitrary arrest wave in Warsaw. The Nazi German authorities then sent him to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Władysław was released in 1941 through the efforts of the Red Cross. For the rest of the war, he actively engaged in resistance efforts against the Nazis. He was a member of various underground organizations. Among these groups was the Provisional Committee for Aid to Jews, the precursor to Żegota. Władysław co-founded Żegota in late 1942. As a member, he was responsible for activities such as providing forged documents or medical aid to Jews. Władysław also compiled reports on the plight of Jews in German-occupied Poland. In 1943, he began serving as deputy director of the Jewish Department of the Government Delegation for Poland (Delegatura). This was a liaison office between Żegota and the Polish government-in-exile.  Władysław survived the war. He went on to become a historian and politician. In 1963, he was invited to plant an olive tree in Yad Vashem in honor of Żegota. Two years later, Yad Vashem recognized Władysław as “Righteous Among the Nations.” 
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Portrait of Żegota co-founder Władysław Bartoszewski
Wartime portrait of Andrzej Klimowicz, Poland. Andrzej Klimowicz (1918–1996) aided and rescued Jews in Warsaw throughout the duration of the German occupation of Poland. He eventually became a member of the Council for Aid to Jews (codenamed “Żegota”), a clandestine organization that coordinated efforts to save Jews from Nazi persecution and murder. Under the auspices of Żegota, Andrzej played a role in providing Jews in Warsaw with forged identity papers and hiding places outside the walls of the Warsaw ghetto. Andrzej survived the war. In 1981, Yad Vashem recognized Andrzej as Righteous Among the Nations.
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Portrait of Żegota member Andrzej Klimowicz
Raoul Wallenberg in his office in the Swedish legation. Budapest, Hungary, November 26, 1944.
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Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest
Agnes was in Switzerland in 1939 to study French. She returned to Budapest in 1940. After the Germans occupied Hungary in 1944, Agnes was given refuge in the Swedish embassy. She then began to work for Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in his efforts to save the Jews of Budapest, including the distribution of protective passes (Schutzpaesse). When the Soviets entered Budapest, Agnes decided to go to Romania. After the war, she went to Sweden and Australia before moving to the United States.
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Raoul Wallenberg Arrives in Budapest

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