Righteous Among the Nations

From the Archive: Suriname’s Jewish settlement and non-settlement

In 1948, Suriname — then a Dutch colony in South America — backed out of a plan to settle 30,000 European Jewish displaced persons.

By Raffi Wineburg September 19, 2014 4:43 pm

Portugal’s national airline named its newest plane for Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who saved some 30,000 Jews from the Holocaust.

September 14, 2014 6:39 am

A design competition will be held for a memorial in Warsaw to Poles who saved Jews during World War II.

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