Jews who rescued Jews - ebook – Volume 4

This book is intended to allow both Jewish and non-Jewish readers in Israel and around the world to get to know a chapter of supreme heroism in the chronicles of the Jewish nation – the saving of Jews by Jews during the Holocaust. Many of the rescuers could have escaped themselves, but they chose to save their Jewish brethren. They did this with craftiness and wisdom, acting selflessly and at great risk to themselves, and many of them paid for it with their lives. In these dark years in the history of the Jewish nation and under impossible conditions, the Jews did more than any other nationality in Europe to save themselves. The saviors operated in cities, villages, ghettos, and camps. Some also operated for the Allied Forces and there were some who worked to rehabilitate the survivors after the war and bring them to Israel. Many of the rescuers immigrated to Israel, fought in its wars, and took a substantial and important part in Israel’s establishment and prosperity.
These stories present a phenomenon that the majority of the Jewish nation in Israel and around the world does not know about. This book is the second volume of a multi-volume collection presenting the stories of Jews who saved Jews, the forgotten heroes of the Holocaust, who in their holy sacrifice and exemplary courage decreed
future generations to life. This book is the fruit of great research. The materials were collected from articles, books, memories, testimonies, interviews, as well as meeting with researchers, rescuers and their families, survivors and their families, and public officials.
The volumes of this collection constitute the largest database of information on this topic. Their goal is to illuminate the memory of the people whose determination, dedication, and courage saved thousands of Jews, many of them children.
Moshe Gromb has been volunteering in the community for over five decades. He worked at Motorola Israel as a branch manager in the financial department. He is the founder and chairman of the Association "Zinuk LeDerech Hadasha" ("Leap to a New Path") which works to provide equal opportunities for all and to reduce gaps in Israeli society. He has written 23 books dealing with volunteering and civil society in Israel and around the world, published by "Nadav" publishing house which he also established. In 2017 he received an award from the Israeli government, the Ministry of Labor, and the JDC for his unique contribution to the dissemination of knowledge in the field of volunteering and for promoting volunteering in Israeli society.