Nelli Gordon survived a mass execution on October 14, 1941. Over two days, SS and police units murdered more than 10,000 Jews from the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipro) by shooting them at…
San Gioacchino
Walled-In in the Church
The attic of the San Gioacchino church in Rome served as a hiding place for seven months.
Many people were at risk once German troops occupied Rome in…
Eugen Herman
Disguised as a Hitler Youth
“I was happy to have something to do instead of just twiddling my thumbs all day. … Over the course of time we sent thousands of chain letters throughout…
Jānis Lipke
Save as Many as Possible
“After the horrible massacres to the Jews in late November and early December 1941, I realized that the Nazis pursued the goal to destroy the Jews as a whole…
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Technical Guidelines Silent Heroes Memorial Center ONLINE SEMINARS SUMMARY The Silent Heroes Memorial Center offers online seminars for a range of participants. Seminars can be targeted at school…
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Johannes Tuchel On the Foundation and Development of the Silent Heroes Memorial Center It was not until the 1990s that the actions of those who took the great risk of helping persecuted Jews during…
Exhibition credits Silent Heroes Memorial Center in the German Resistance Memorial Center Foundation Permanent exhibition “Silent Heroes – Resistance t o Persecution of the Jews in Europe…
At the beginning of 1943, Benjamin and Tatiana Horowitz fled from the Warsaw ghetto with their three-year-old son Abraham. The parents hid separately in the city. They entrusted their son to helpers,…
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