THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS

“Whosoever saves a single life, saves an entire universe"

(Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5)

           

            We, the Comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, respects and honors those Non-Jews Who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. Similar to the Rayner Goddard Act of Courage Award, we show our support to these heroes who saved the lives of the Jews, we honor them and remember them.

            Please go to this previous blog post to learn about the Righteous Among the Nations.   

The Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg

[PHOTO SOURCE: http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/the-blessed-bernhard-lichtenberg.html]

"In those times there was darkness everywhere. In heaven and on earth, all the gates of compassion seemed to have been closed. The killer killed and the Jews died and the outside world adopted an attitude either of complicity or of indifference. Only a few had the courage to care. These few men and women were vulnerable, afraid, helpless - what made them different from their fellow citizens?… Why were there so few?… Let us remember: What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor but the silence of the bystander…. Let us not forget, after all, there is always a moment when moral choice is made…. And so we must know these good people who helped Jews during the Holocaust. We must learn from them, and in gratitude and hope, we must remember them."

- Elie Wiesel, in Carol Rittner, Sandra Meyers, Courage To Care - Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust, NYU Press, 1986. P. 2]