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Holocaust Memorial Museum San Antonio
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Northwest Side, San Antonio
"kindness and compass shone brightly for the six survivors"(3 Tips)
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When Nazis demanded the names of Jews, Greek Orthodox Bishop Chrysostomos gave a list of only 2: his & the mayor’s. At war’s end, all of Zakynthos’s Jews were alive. Learn more:
- A Swiss police officer saves more than 3.600 Jews, even buying many winter coats. But his defiance would cost him his job, his pension, and his reputation. Would he die a hero? http://bit.ly/T8Tnp2
- The Jedwabne massacre marks one of history's darkest hours. But one family's kindness and compass shone brightly for the six survivors of that terrible night. Read the true story: http://bit.ly/Wwe4wD
- In 1942, a Jewish family makes the hard decision to part, relying on the kindness of friends. They wrote to each other constantly, but would they reunite at the wars end?
- Two butchers in the tiny town of Buzancais share recipes, small talk, & customers. But neither knew they shared an incredible secret. Both men hid Jewish children from the Nazis: http://bit.ly/TKsM0F
- A midnight escape from a truck heading toward death. A chance meeting in the market. Two boy's lives will be changes forever, but one will not survive. Read this true story: http://on.fb.me/UAyGYZ
- Two families - one Christian, one Jewish - are seperated by a ghetto wall. Yet amid the surrounding fire and violence, a romance blooms, and a family is saved. Read more:
- Nobel Prize winner Roald Hoffmann spent more than a year hidden in a neighbor's attic, watching other children play through a tiny window. Read the amazing story of his rescue:
- The Khomut family lived for 18 months hidden in a haystack beneath their friend's threshing floor. But when the German army seized the house, would their location stay a secret?
- In 1943, the Grootegast Military Police were ordered to round up Jews. All refused, & all were sent to death camps. But one man escaped. Would he one day pay the ultimate price? http://bit.ly/10EzNY6
- A pro-German resident tells Elsinore police he saw a group of Jewish refugees. The Jews are arrested, but a stunning twist & a secret boat sets them free. Read the true story: http://on.fb.me/UkN3uc
- A boarding school in Brussels hid Jewish children among their students. But a midnight raid and the arrest of the headmaster put everyone's lives in danger. Would they survive?
- Henriette Voute managed to spirit dozens of children out of the Crèche in potato sacks, milk cans, and laundry bags. But would she survive the war? Read this true story here: http://on.fb.me/SQaYES
- Three boys, born hundreds of miles apart, are brought together during WWII when they are hidden in one Ukrainian monstary. But would theirs be a story of shared hope? Or tradegy? http://bit.ly/V3de9D
- It would take ten people - priests, farmers and noblemen - to keep the Rotenberg children safe. Learn about their miraculous survival, and their touching post-war connection here:
- A Jewish girl is hidden by a troupe of circus performers. But when she falls for a clown named Peter, can she stay hidden unde the bright lights? Read this touching true story: http://on.fb.me/RRp1Zr
- A lonely child, Donia Rozen spent much of her youth exploring the forest.But when her family is killed, her knowledge of nature & a kind old woman will keep her alive. Learn more: http://bit.ly/U05fZS
- A kind Russian family took in an injured Jewish orphan. But as the family members were arrested and prosecuted one-by-one Lev began to wonder if their sacrifices would be in vain.
- A father who escaped deportation & returned to the resistance. A mother who forged papers to become a spy. Yet in many ways their son's story was most inspiring of all. Read it:
- Oskar Schindler is a famous hero of the Holocaust, yet he grew up a hedonist & a gambler. Learn about his inspiring transformation, & how he risked his life & his fortune here: http://bit.ly/hRjzOw
- Under a brutal regime's watch, an unusual package was delivered in Zagreb in 1942. Inside lay a baby & a note: Please take her to my cousin Blanka Fuerst. Read this true story:
- In 1943, a janitor's cellar holds a heroic secret. Eleven Jews survive on one man's rations, hidden from daylight for 500 days. Would they all live to liberation? Find out
- A Portugese consul toiled for 3 days to issue more than 1,500 visas to Jews in need, but died dishonored by his country for his actions. Could his children restore his good name? http://bit.ly/cvFY1D
- An unusual Holocaust documentary has brought near-capacity afternoon crowds to the Laemmle Town Center 5 for almost a week. Learn about the 107-year-old star, a Jehovah's Witness: http://bit.ly/UFpQDH
- Heroic social worker Marion Pritchard rescued 150 Jews & even shot a Dutch policeman who unexpectedly returned to her house following a raid. Did she escape? Read more:
- The wife of an enemy of the state, Milena Herbenova still hid a Jewish child when her parents were taken. But could she keep both Eva and her own son safe? Read this true story: http://on.fb.me/ZiCZrI
- Jan Lipke, a port worker with a kind heart, rescued nearly one fourth of the Jews that survived on Latvian soil. Learn how he and his wife achieved the impossible: http://on.fb.me/T8q6yB
- A fisherman and his wife rescue six Jews during the Holocaust. But when the household is arrested, will anyone surive the harsh conditions of Nazi concentration camps? Find out:
- After the 1942 massacre in Skawina Ms. Abrahamer & her 12-year-old daughter fled to Warsaw homeless & destitute. She turned to a stranger, a former soccer star. Would he help? http://bit.ly/amCaKz
- Many know of Miep Gies from The Diary of Ann Frank. But few know that her braverly and kindess did not end when the Franks were arrested. Read her inspiring true story here:
- In 1944, a sixteen year old maid from Bekescsaba becama hero. But could she keep the Jewish family that once employed her safe? Read this touching true story here:
- A Jewish family in Vilna is smuggle out of the ghetto one by one. But can their rescuers overcome political, religious, & ethnic differences and dangers to keep them safe?:
- In the hours before her arrest, Irena Sendler buried a list of hundreds of Jewish children hidden in her city. The children were safe, but could a bribe save her life as well? http://bit.ly/oNsy1V
- She dressed members of the aristocracy celebrities, but Marie Louise Carven's greatest accomplishment was saving a family of 7 during the Holocaust. Read the amazing story: http://bit.ly/10UZxPf
- A woman with one of history's most famous lovers defies her family & country to save the lives of Jewish friends. Would they be captured crossing the border? Read this true story: http://bit.ly/TGnsAq
- Nazi soldiers at the door, illegal newspapers on the table, & a Jewish refugee hiding beneath the floor boards. Can Kees Veenstra's mother keep her family safe? Read more:
- Mykolas Šimelis hid and fed 14 Jews during the Holocaust. But after much personal tragedy & the end of the war, would he survive the fury of his country's partisans? Find out: http://bit.ly/UYxefc
- Though Shmuel Eliraz's childhood was marked by five tragedies, it wa also shaped by helping hands that guided him, time and again, to safety. Read his incredible true story here:
- Three young Jewish boys are hidden beneath a funeral palor's floor. But when a troop of retreating German soliders fall through the boards, can they possibly escape?
- The Jewish Mandil children posed as Muslims while their parents hid in a friends’ barn to escape persecution. Why this unusual guise? What role did photography play? Read more: http://on.fb.me/Z9Yzha
- Midst city walls covered in graffiti warnings to rescuers, a Muslim wife stood unwilling to turn away her Jewish friends. 50 years later fate would allow the favor to be returned: http://bit.ly/H3JU11
- Another wonderful Express / News piece on the Holocaust Memorial Museum: Museum Shows Students The Importance of Taking a Stand Against Bullying. Read more: http://bit.ly/uft7yt
- Once an ardent supporter of Germany, Dimitar Peshev defied the Prime Minister & took a political stand that cost him his role in Parliament. Would it also cost him his life?
- In 1941 a covenent held 9 nuns...and 17 members of the underground resistance. But when the boys left the safety of the mother superior's halls, would she follow them into danger?
- As Lidia Stolowicki lay dying, her Catholic nanny made her a promise. She would care for her employer’s Jewish son & to take him to Israel after the war. Would she keep it?
- Stephan Ross was prisoner of ten different camps before an American liberator saved him. 30 years later, he went on Unsolved Mysterious looking for his hero. Did he find him? http://bit.ly/SlBoeL
- A German couple did not hesitate to hide a Jew persecuted by the Nazi State, though their son was fighting at the front for this very same country. Who paid the ultimate price? http://bit.ly/V7oP7r
- The tiny town of Assisi never boasted a Jewish population till WWII when hundreds of Jews were hidden in monestaries, convents, & homes. Would they, and their protectors, survive? http://bit.ly/MIrvuy
- Mayor Popovici, son of a Romanian Orthodox priest, saved more than 20,000 Jews from deadly deportations. But would his elaborate ruse catch up with him? Read this true story:
- Heartening! Sixty years after they started compensating victims of Nazi crimes, the German goverment has once again increased funding to Holocaust survivors in their final years. http://bit.ly/UxQkGP
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Holocaust Memorial Museum San Antonio
12500 NW Military Hwy (Wurzbach)
San Antonio, TX 78231
United States
San Antonio, TX 78231
United States
The HMMSA is dedicated to educating our community about the dangers of hatred, prejudice & apathy.
Closed until 9:00 AM tomorrow (Show more)
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- 9:00 AM–Noon
(210) 302-6807
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