To stand up against Nazi ideas of biologized “ethnicity” and antisemitism required a heroic disposition in individuals who did not allow themselves to have their basic humanity destroyed by such ideologies, even as the latter were backed by formidable political and religious power and sweepingly popular beliefs. The men and women presented in the first part of the book have already been recognised as Righteous Among Nations for their brave humanitarian acts during WWII, a title bestowed by the Yad Vashem World Center for Holocaust Research, Education, Documentation and Commemoration. Part Two brings the stories about people who were also saving Jews that were not recognised as Righteous yet, but some among them are candidates.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
INTRODUCTION
Irena Šumi, Oto Luthar
Part One: THE SLOVENIAN RIGHTEOUS AMONG NATIONS
UROŠ ŽUN
SIXTEEN WORLDS SAVED
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
ANDREJ TUMPEJ
RAHELA BECOMES BREDA
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
ZORA PIČULIN
THE NANNY FROM LJUBLJANA
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
IVAN BRESKVAR
RESCUE ON A BICYCLE
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
LJUBICA AND IVAN ŽUPANČIČ AND OLGA RAJŠEK NEUMAN
YOUNG DAN
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
VERA AND LUDVIK VALENTINČIČ
THE STORY OF SUZANA
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
RUDI ROTER
HOW THE PEOPLE OF POTOMJE SAVED THE KOEN FAMILY
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
MARTINA LEVEC MARKOVIĆ
RESCUER OF JEWISH RESISTANCE FIGHTERS
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
FRANCE PUNČUH
RESCUER OF JEWS IN WARSAW
Boris Hajdinjak
Part Two
OTHER STORIES OF THE COURAGEOUS
ANDREJ VENDRAMIN
THE UNKNOWN RIGHTEOUS FROM SOLKAN
Renato Podbersič
CIRIL KOTNIK
DIPLOMAT AND PHILANTHROPIST
Ivo Jevnikar
ELIZABETA SAVICA ROŽANC HORVATH
MAŽI’S OTHER MOM
Irena Šumi
LUDVIK CIGÜT AND THE FAMILIES ŽILAVEC AND FARTELJ
SAVING EMERIK HIRSCHL
Boris Hajdinjak
JURIJ KONTLER
A FAMILY STORY UNTOLD
Jasna Kontler - Salamon
SAVING THE JEWS ACROSS THE KOLPA RIVER
TESTIMONIES OF CIRIL PLUT
Oto Luthar
THE HOLOCAUST IN SLOVENIA A BRIEF HISTORY
Marjan Toš, Irena Šumi
REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READING
YAD VASHEM CRITERIA FOR THE TITLE OF RIGHTEOUS AMONG NATIONS
Miriam Steiner Aviezer
Publishing House
Založba ZRCPublisher
Institute of Culture and Memory StudiesISBN
978-961-254-863-6Specifications
hardback • 12 × 20 cm • 174 pagesPrice
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| 10,00 EUR (Club) | |
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