Friday, March 26, 2010

"In My Hands, Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer" by Irena Gut Opdyke. A very somber story of the life of a young woman in Poland during World War II. The story was told matter-of-factly, without self pity. I admire the writer for her courage, especially considering she was young and separated from her family. It was incredible that she made the decisions to feed, warn and hide Jewish people in German-occupied Poland. The writer was honored in Israel as one of "The Righteous Among the Nations" and planted a tree on the Avenue of Remembrance.

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