Palestine (British Mandate): a pre-war visit to; a post-war visit to; those rescued make their way to; those on way to, smuggled into Italy; certificates for, sent to Vittel; pioneers training for, smuggled out of Holland; pioneer training for, in Italy; a list of approved immigrants to
Palmnicken (Baltic Sea): massacre and rescue at
Palomba, Umberto: helps a Jewish refugee family in Italy
Panazol (France): a safe haven in
Paniowce Zielone (Eastern Galicia): a Jewish boy in hiding in
Pan-Jun-Shun: a rescuer
Pap family: give sanctuary, in Holland
Papal Nuncio (Zagreb): intervenes
Papo, Mira: given refuge
Papo, Salomon: deported from hospital
Parankova (Lithuania): ‘noble souls’ in
Paris (France): deportations to Auschwitz from; Jewish children hidden near; a Jewish child hidden in; a round-up in; an arrest in; a rescuer in; a train ticket from
Parysow (Poland): three Jewish sisters from, given sanctuary
Paskeviciene, Jolanta: tells the story of Lithuanian rescuers
Passover: and the Righteous, xv; and Jews in hiding; and a precious manuscript
The Password Is Courage (film): and a Righteous British soldier
Pataky, Dr Arnold: provides sanctuary for Jews
Patoux, Juliette and Gaston: save a Jewish girl
Patras (Greece): Jews of, saved
Paukstis, Father Bronius: saves Jews
‘Pauline’: a less Jewish name
Pauvlavicius, Jan: rescues Jews; murdered for saving Jews
Pavel and Katia (a Jewish couple): given shelter
‘Pavlovnia, Kristian’: an assumed name
Pawiak Prison (Warsaw): a rescuer incarcerated in; a ‘decent Gentile’ in
Pawlicka, Janina: gives sanctuary
Payot, Abbé André: helps Jews
Pecs (Hungary): a deportation from
Peiper, Hanka: in hiding
Peleg, David: given sanctuary, in Budapest
Peltew River (Lvov): and a sewer hiding place
Penraat, Jaap: smuggles Jews out of Holland
Pentecostal movement: helps Jews in Norway
People’s Army (Armia Ludowa): helps Jews
Père Jacques: a rescuer
Peres, Shimon: his father the colleague of a British rescuer
Peresika (eastern Poland): Jews helped in
Perlasca, Giorgio (Jorge): in charge of Spanish safe houses in Budapest; issues protective documents; obtains release of threatened Jews; remains in Budapest; Photo
Perski, Yitzhak: works with a Righteous British sergeant
Perugia (Italy): arrested Jews taken to, rescue in
Pesaro (Italy): liberation in
Peshev, Dimiter: opposes deportations from Bulgaria
Pessah, Rabbi: obtains shelter for 752 Jews
Pétain, Marshal: collaborates; a protest to; religious feelings of, ‘irreconcilable’ with deportation; a supporter of, becomes a rescuer
Peterfy, Ida: her acts of rescue
Petrenko, Natalya and Antonina: hide two Jewish escapees
Petrowski, Vasilien: saves eighteen Jews
Petrykiewicz, Maria and Wanda: Austrian rescuers
Pfannschmidt, Joachim: hides a Jewish woman
Pharaoh: his daughter’s courage, xv–xvi
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania): a ‘legendary’ Righteous Pole visits
Piatigorsk (Russia): two Jews hidden in
Picot family: save two Jewish girls
Pieris (Italy): Jews find refuge in
Pietromarchi, Count: reports ‘brutal measures’ of Germans and Italian ‘safeguard’
Pietrusiewicz, Mr: a rescuer
Piglowska, Sister Blanka: helps hide a Jewish girl
Piguet, Anne-Marie Imhof: helps Jewish children escape to Switzerland
Piguet, Bishop Gabriel: approves rescue
Pilica (Poland): a rescuer and her child executed in
Pinczewska, Alicja: saved; at her First Communion, Photo
Pionki concentration camp (German-occupied Poland): escapees from, given shelter; ‘friendly’ Germans in
Piotrkow (Poland): acts of rescue in
Pitter, Premysl: helps Jews
Pius XII, Pope: Germans protest at Christmas message of
Piwnicza (southern Poland): Jews helped to escape through
Place du Chatelain (Brussels): a final act of rescue in
Placzek family: save Jews
Plagge, Major Karl: a German rescuer; reflects on his motivation
Plaszow concentration camp (German-occupied Poland):; a factory in, under benign control; sadism at; a second factory in, under benign control; evacuation from; a Polish ‘benefactor’ in
Platteau, Léon: helps Jews
Pleyber-Christ (France): a Jewish girl finds refuge in
Plomnik family: their daughter in hiding
Plovdiv (Bulgaria): and a churchman’s protest
Pludy (near Warsaw): Jewish children hidden at
Pochet, Maurice and Maria: hide a Jew
Podgorska, Stefania: a teenage rescuer
Podhajce (Eastern Galicia): Jews from, rescued
Podoszyn, Jozef and Anna: hidden
Pogany, Gyorgy: in hiding in Italy
Pohlmann, Lili: taken to safety; saved, by a German rescuer
Poitiers (France): rescue in
Pokrovsky Church (Kiev): Dean of, saves Jews
Polak, Coenraad: given refuge
Polak, Freddie: given sanctuary with his three children
Polak, Dr Henri: in hiding
Polak, Mrs: helped by a German
Poland: penalties in, xvi; German invasion of; Jews trapped in; and rescue in Eastern Galicia; and rescue in Vilna; and rescue in the German-administered General-Government; and rescue in Warsaw; Jewish children from, find refuge in Italy; Jews from, reach Hungary
Polish Council for Assistance to the Jews: see Zegota Polish Government-in-Exile (London): a rescuer heads its Jewish Affairs section in Poland; warns against extortionists
Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa): and the Jews; and two rescuers; a member of, saves Jews; helps Jews; harms Jews
Polish People’s Army (Armia Ludowa): and the Jews; helps Jews
Polish Transport Workers Union: a leader of, in hiding
Pollak family: hidden
Poltava (Ukraine): an act of rescue in
Pomerania (Germany): deportations from
Ponar (near Vilna): a rescuer murdered at; an escapee from, given refuge; frequent deportations to; and a German sergeant’s desire to help Jews
Poniatowa concentration camp (German-occupied Poland): a deportation to
Pontius Pilate: modern versions of; ‘We do not wish to be’
Poor Clares (Nice, France): take in a Jewish child
Poor Clares (San Quirico, Italy): a Gestapo raid on, fails in its purpose
Popovici, Dr Traian: intercedes on behalf of Jews
Portuguese Legation (Budapest): rescue efforts of, in Budapest
postage stamps: celebrate the Righteous
‘Potato Stealing’: and a decent German soldier
Potrzebowski, Jan: ‘he saved our lives’
Praga (Warsaw): Jews forced to leave; a Jewish family in hiding at
Prague (Czechoslovakia): Jews taken for safety to; Jews helped in; Jewish children from, in Norway
Preisz, Susan: saved
Presser, Jacob: writes about a Righteous German in Holland
Preston, David Lee: seeks recognition for his mother’s rescuer
Pristina (Kosovo): Jews in, rescued
Prital, David: saved
Prittet, Geneviève: helps Jews escape to Switzerland
Profondeville (Belgium): an arrest in
Prokop family: hide Jews
‘Promised Land for the Jews’ (Côte d’Azur under Italian rule): German anger at
‘protected’ houses: in Budapest
‘Protes
t!’: on behalf of the Jews
Protestant Church (Berlin): its Dean’s defiance
Protestants: help Jews
Pruszkow (near Warsaw): a rescuer in
Prva, Frantiska: saves two Jewish girls
Przemysl (Western Galicia): acts of rescue in; an escapee from
Przemyslyany (Eastern Galicia): a Jew finds a hiding place in
Przybysz, Mr: denounced and shot
Psalms, the: and Jews in hiding
Pshenitse, Yehudis (Judith): the saga of her rescue
Puah (a midwife): defies Pharaoh, xv
Pugliano Vecchio (Italy): a hiding place in
Puntrzela (a Polish Catholic): ‘good-hearted’
Puznow (Poland): sanctuary in; Photo
Pyrenees: escape across
Quakers: and rescue
Quintin, Alphonse and Marie: rescuers
Quisling, Vidkun: heads ‘quisling’ government; a protest to
Rachela (a Jewish doctor): and her niece in hiding
Racz, Vilmos: hides sixteen Jews
Radecznica (Poland): Jews from, hidden
Radom (Poland): a courageous act in; the Council for Assistance to the Jews in; two Jewish girls from, rescued; and a Righteous German
Radun (Poland): a message taken to; a survivor of
Radziejowski, Rysiek: sheltered, caught, and executed
Radzilow (Poland): a Jew from, saved
Ragauskis, Antanas and Ona: save a Jewish girl
Raile, Father Jakab: saves Jews in Budapest
Raimondo family: protect a Jewish family in Italy
Raj (Eastern Galicia): Jews in hiding in
Rajski, Wincenty and Stefania: hide two Jews
Rakevicius family: saves thirty-five Jews
Rangsdorf (Berlin): a Jew in hiding at
Raskow, Herman and Fanny: helped to escape
Raskow, Josef: helped to escape
Raszbaum, Teofila: hidden
Ravensbrück concentration camp (north of Berlin): rescuers die in; a Righteous German sent to; a Righteous Belgian dies in; Righteous Dutch women imprisoned in; a ‘brave lady’ dies in; deportations to, from Budapest; a nun’s rescue efforts in; Swedish Red Cross negotiate a prisoner release from; buses on their way from, Photo
Ravet family: rescuers
Rawa Russka (Eastern Galicia): a Jewish girl in hiding near
Red Army: liberation by; and Stalingrad; approaches Budapest
Red Cross insignia: a protective device in Budapest; see also International Committee of the Red Cross
Redlich family: in hiding
Redlich, Shimon: saved
Reed, Walter H. (Werner Rindsberg): recalls acts of rescue
Regensburg (Germany): two Jewish sisters reach
Reibscheid-Feliks, Roza: given shelter
Reich Security Main Office (Berlin): a protest to; distressed by attitude of Vatican; learns of Italian sabotage of anti-Jewish measures
Reingold, Uriel: reflects on the Righteous
Reiter, Sister Johanna: saves a four-year-old Jewish girl
Rembertow (Poland): a Jewish girl rescued from; a Jewish girl helped in
Rembiszewska, Mira: saved
Remond, Archbishop Paul: helps hide Jewish children
‘Renie’: an assumed identity
Reviczky, Colonel Imre: ‘one of the most praiseworthy’
Rewkowska, Joanna: a small girl, at risk
Rewkowska, Maria and Zygmunt: risk their lives to save a Jew
Reynders, Reverend Henri (Père Bruno): see Father Bruno
Reynders, Dr Michel: recalls his uncle’s career and acts of rescue; his own efforts; reflects on ‘one of the prime Christian obligations’
Reznik, Josef: helped by a Polish priest
Rhineland (Germany): deportations from, to Vichy France
Rhode St Genese (Belgium): rescue in
Rhodes (Italian Dodecanese island): two rescuers on
Rhule (France): a Jewish girl in hiding at
Ribbentrop, Joachim von: informed about Belgian rescuers; receives protest about Italian ‘resistance to the Final Solution’ protests at ‘pro-Jewish zeal’ of Italian officials in France; a further protest by, against the Italians
Richardson, Mary (née Olvenich): given refuge
Richter, Glenn: befriends a survivor
Rieck, Walter: a rescuer, in Berlin
Rieger, Katerina: her ‘courageous’ act
Riga (Latvia): Jews rescued in
Righteous Among the Nations: designated, xv–xvi; a ceremony for, in London; a ceremony for, in Warsaw; a ceremony for, in Budapest; financial help for; a Dutch village designated as
Righteous Among the Nations Award: and ‘a real and dear Righteous Gentile’ and an elderly rescuer
Righteous Among the Nations (Lexicon):
Righteous Gentiles: and ‘a story that touches the heart’ and a Ukrainian Catholic priest; and a place of honour and gratitude; in Germany; ‘in my life there have not been any’
Rimbocchi (Italy): a tragedy in
Ringelblum, Emanuel: records acts of betrayal; records Righteous acts; his diary
Rinkevicius, Elia: and her husband’s rescue activities; ‘generous, kind-hearted’ shares food
Rinkevicius, Vitalija: receives an honour on behalf of her parents
Rinkevicius, Vytautas: the ‘heart and soul’ of a rescue scheme
Rischel (a German): helps Jews
Ristic, Risto: his Righteous acts; his motivation
Rivesaltes internment camp (Vichy France):
Roanne (France): an escape from
Roermond (Holland): a German Jewish teenager finds refuge in
Roger, Marie-Elise: ‘I did nothing unusual…’
Roman Catholics: save Jews, specific examples of xvi
Roman (Romania): an act of rescue at
Romanet (France): a Jewish family sheltered in
Romania: acts of rescue in; parts of, annexed by Hungary
Romanian diplomats: help Jews (in Rome)
Rome (Italy): a leading Nazi protests to; German occupation of; German plans to deport Jews of; rescue efforts in
Romka (a Jewish girl): in hiding
Ronai, Avraham: and an act of rescue in Budapest
Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: a letter to
Rosay, Abbé Jean: helps Jews escape
Rose, Leesha: works with Dutch rescuers
Rosen, Donia: hidden; plays tribute to a British sergeant’s ‘selfless actions’
Rosen, Sara: and a ‘saviour turned into traitor’
Rosenbusz, Dr Maximilian: one of the first victims at Auschwitz
Rosenbusz, Zofia: finds sanctuary
Rosenstrasse Detention Centre (Berlin): a protest in
Rosenzweig, Zygmunt (‘Uncle Yasha’): in hiding
Roslan, Alex and Mela: hide three Jewish children
Rosner, Rose: rescued from a Death March
Rosochacz (Eastern Galicia): Jews saved in
Rossen, Selma: recalls rescue
Rossner, Alfred: a Righteous German, in Poland; executed
Rotbel, Edward: deported, as a Hungarian Jew
Rotem, Simcha: given shelter
Rotenberg, Alexander: saved, xx
Röthke, SS Lieutenant Heinz: reports that Italian troops have ‘used force’ to free Jews; reports that Italian police in France ‘protect the Jews by every means…’
Rotman, Anna and Iza: in hiding
Rotmil, Bernard: recalls his rescuer
Rotta, Angelo (Vatican representative in Budapest): his rescue efforts; remains in Budapest; Photo
Rotter, Sy: his documentary film about survivors and rescuers
Rotterdam (Holland): and acts of rescue
Roussey, Yves: helps Jews, later arrested and shot
Rovno (eastern Poland): a Righteous German in
Rozenberg, Janusz and Jadwiga: saved
Rozenberg (a Jew in hiding): given shelter; killed
Rozencwajg, Aleksander: k
illed at Katyn
Rozencwajg, Roma and Gabriel: in hiding
Rozensztajn, Bela: finds her daughter
Rozensztajn, Marysia: rescued
Rozsa, Sandor: hides Jewish slave labourers
Rozycka, Maryla: and a German rescuer
Rubin, Amos: recalls his rescuers
Rubinstein, Cesia: and a Righteous German
Rudawska, Katarzyna: hides a young Jewish girl
Rudelli, Vincenzo and Candida: give refuge to several Jewish families
Ruiter, Dr: his act of rescue
Rum (Austria): and a place of safety
Rumst (Belgium): two Jewish girls find refuge in
Rungsted (Denmark): Jews helped to Sweden from
Russian Orthodox: save Jews, xvi; their Baptist neighbours
Russian partisans: kill Jews, xx
Ruth (a Jewish Berliner): and an act of rescue
Rysiewicz, Adam: hides twelve people
Rzeszow (Poland): a Jew from, rescued
SS: shoot a Jewish girl in hiding; protest at help given to Jews; search for children; active in Warsaw; in Cracow; in Przemysl; in Berlin; in Vilna; in Bialystok; in Bedzin; in Zdolbunow; in Rovno; in Plaszow; and ‘Schindler’s List’ Oskar Schindler takes ‘Property of’ at Brunnlitz; in Albania; demand Finland’s Jews; seek Denmark’s Jews; in France; in Belgium; in Holland; in Italy; in Greece; in Hungary; leave Budapest; return to Budapest; and an act of rescue; Jews handed over to; and an undercover agent; and a massacre averted; and ‘a very good sort’ in Janowska concentration camp; and an act of kindness, in a slave labour camp; and an act of kindness, in Dachau; a member of, takes ‘a great risk’ a member of, and a rescue stratagem; seek escaped Jews; the power of, and rescue
Sabbath candles: provided for girls in hiding
Sabbath, the: and Jews in hiding
Sabina, Miss: executed for talking to a Jew
Sachsen hausen concentration camp (north of Berlin): a German pastor sent to; a Norwegian rescuer sent to; a French rescuer sent to
Sack, Josef: in hiding with his wife and daughter
Sadik, Ahmed: Muslim, shelters Jews
Safonov family: save Jews; the parents shot
Safonov, Nadezhda: helps Jews survive
Safonov, Vasilyi: helps Jews survive
St Anna’s Church (Lvov): and an act of rescue
Saint Anthony: (patron saint of fugitives)
St Anthony’s College (Oxford): a Polish rescuer visits
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