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MEMORIES OF COURAGE Play video David (Dudi) Bergman Describes rescue by inmates before he could be taken to the Dachau crematorium [1990 interview] The Holocaust is not only a story of destruction and loss; it is a story of an apathetic world and a few rare individuals of extraordinary courage. Despite the indifference of many and outright collaboration of others in the murder of Jews, thousands of individuals, both Jewish and non-Jewish, took a stand against the persecution and killing of innocent people. Throughout Europe, many of those targeted by the Nazis also took action to resist oppression and genocide. In remembering those who took a determined stand against Nazism, we honor the memory of those who perished, and we are reminded that individuals do have the power, and choice, to make a difference in the fight against oppression and murderous hatred.

	Varian Fry in Marseilles. France, 1940-1941. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #01230 See photographs	Links: Rescue Escape from German-Occupied Europe Jewish Aid and Rescue Resources Denmark Flight and Rescue Raoul Wallenberg Varian Fry Chiune Sugihara Ona Simaite, Joop Westerweel, Irena Sendlerowa Righteous Among the Nations (Yad Vashem Web site)		Learn more about some acts of rescue After adopting a new identity in late 1943, Simone Weil falsified her student card from the year 1938-1939 to bear her assumed name, Simone Werlin. The card verified enrollment in the School of Social Work in Strasbourg. Using forged and falsified documents, Weil was able to move to Chateauroux, France, and establish an operation to rescue Jewish children as a member of the relief and rescue organization Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (Children's Aid Society; OSE). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections See documents

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This autograph book belonged to Elizabeth Kaufmann Koenig, a Jewish girl from Austria who fled to southern France. Elizabeth eventually reached Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, whose population sheltered thousands of Jews. Elizabeth helped care for children sheltered by the town's pastor, Andre Trocme, and his wife, Magda. In November 1941, on the eve of her departure for the United States, Elizabeth collected signatures from her friends in a children's home in Le Chambon. The messages include artwork by some of the children and an entry by Magda Trocme. Elizabeth's family escaped from France on one of the last passenger ships to cross the Atlantic during the war. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections

			Play video Tina Strobos Describes courier duties for the underground in the Netherlands [1992 interview]
	Irena Sendlerowa Denmark Joop Westerweel