Tag Archives: Holocaust survivors

Jewish Holocaust heroes to be honored for 20th year at Jerusalem ceremony

For the 20th year in a row, the B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund will hold a joint ceremony on Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Martys’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, honoring Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the Holocaust. Read more » »

He helped save 10,000 Jews from the Nazis; his family only found out 63 years later

Adi Daliot was in his 60s when he found out that his father, Hubert Pollack, helped save over 10,000 Jews in Nazi Germany during the years leading up to the Holocaust. Sworn to secrecy by his co-conspirator, Jewish Anglo-German philanthropist Wilfrid Israel, Pollack kept his story quiet — even from his family. Read more » »