Aid to Jewish Children

The following videos and historical accounts will give some idea of what Jewish residents of the Nazi-occupied countries faced.  Suggestions for additions to the list would be welcome.

Videos and Movies

  1. Amsterdam, the City That Remembers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDjSTSoG_IU
  2. Angels of Amsterdam: The Daring Rescue of 600 Children During WWII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKxBWrdo4ns&t=23s
  3. Angels of Amsterdam: The Untold Rescue Story of 600 Children During WWII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oenOqUMTnvI
  4. Claire Soria’s Story of Hiding From the Nazis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15BAxOqg75g
  5. Corrie ten Boom: A Faith Undefeated.  2013 movie.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHjiGwG4cFY
  6. Encyclopedia Britannica: The Children Who Survived Hitler’s Holocaust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3kOmyXzVQg
  7. Famous Psychologist Shares His Experiences Hiding Jews (Encyclopedia Britannica): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328yCs6YgQQ
  8. How One Person Saved Over 2000 Children from the Nazis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZkdQfgot8
  9. Resistance Activities During the Holocaust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0dOKcgbAUk
  10. Surviving the Holocaust, Uncovering Secret Hideouts (Encyclopedia Britannica): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkmdfxMQrkI
  11. The Hiding Place: Movie about Corrie Ten Boom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zNDe30_eKw
  12. Why Were So Many Dutch Jews Deported in World War II? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocon45h9Joo
  13. WW2 Hero Honored for Saving Children from Nazis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxuRarH5nPU
  14. WW2: The Nun Who Saved 83 Children – BBC World Service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-2piQgyW4

Publications

  1. History: Why 90 Percent of Danish Jews Survived the Holocaust https://www.history.com/news/wwii-danish-jews-survival-holocaust
  2. International March of the Living: Irena Sendler: The Holocaust heroine who saved 2500 Jewish children from Nazi evil: https://www.motl.org/irena-sendler-the-holocaust-heroine-who-saved-2500-jewish-children-from-nazi-evil/
  3. National Public Radio (NPR): ‘The Invisibles’ Reveals How Some Jews Survived Nazi Germany By Hiding In Plain Sight: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/29/689272533/the-invisibles-reveals-how-some-jews-survived-nazi-germany-by-hiding-in-plain-si
  4. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Life in the Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/life-in-shadows-hidden-children-and-the-holocaust
  5. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Which organizations and individuals aided and protected Jews from persecution between 1933 and 1945? https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/question/which-organizations-and-individuals-aided-and-protected-jews-from-persecution-between-1933-and-1945
  6. Wikipedia: Hidden Children During the Holocaust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_children_during_the_Holocaust