Righteous among the Nations

Identifier
990002233940304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2008
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Note(s)

  • ill.

  • Envelope 200

  • 1newspaper Article from "Maariv" and an article from "Deutschland" (in Hebrew)

  • Frank Foley was a British Secret Intelligence Service officer. As a passport control officer for the British embassy in Berlin, Foley "bent the rules" and helped thousands of Jewish families escape from Nazi Germany after Kristallnacht and before the outbreak of the Second World War--Wikipedia

  • Veidt Otto was owner of a workshop in Berlin for blind and deaf. During the Holocaust, he fought to protect his Jewish workers against deportation and he has been recognised for his work as one of the Righteous Men of the World's Nations.

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