All our brothers and sisters : Jews saving Jews during the Holocaust

The book focuses on the heroism of Jews throughout Europe who risked their lives to save their coreligionists under Nazi rule. The contributors discuss and analyze the actions of Jews who rescued other Jews from the hands of the Nazis. These actions took place, to different degrees, in Germany, in Axis states and all across Nazi-occupied Europe, from the early stages of persecution until the war's end, in the framework of collaborative efforts and individual initiatives. The Jews who rescued other Jews during the Holocaust came like their non-Jewish counterparts from different backgrounds: men and women, old and young, religious and secular, wealthy and poor, educated and uneducated. The rescue missions took place in ghettos, areas without ghettos, jails, camps, hospitals, children's homes, schools, monasteries, in hiding. This book focuses on these rescue missions and the people behind them, reminding us of their courage and willingness to act, even when it put their own lives in danger. Cover Copyright information Dedication Table of contents Preface Introduction Belgium A Closer Look at Jewish Resistance Members in Occupied Belgium Introduction Unsung Heroes Women of Professional Background and Political Activists The Jewish Armed Partisans Personal Valour without a Flag Aftermath From Insubordination to Resistance in the SS-Sammellager für Juden in Belgium Remaining a Jew Ordinary Resistance Clandestine Correspondence Sabotage Violence Organizing Escapes Transport XX Escaping from the Hospital in Mechelen Escaping from the SS Training Camp in Schoten31 Escaping from the SS-Sammellager? Conclusion Jewish Double Agents in Belgium: CDJ (Jewish Defense Committee) Employees within the Jewish Council Creating a Hiding Network Cross-Fertilization on Every Level The Disputed Presence of Double Agents Colored Historiography Double Agents under Fire Changing Image of CDJ and AJB Conclusion Jewish Civil Resistance and the Slow Emergence of the Memory of the Holocaust in Belgium Introduction The Time of Amnesia Internal Jewish Fights The Netherlands Hiding in Plain Sight: Gender, Faith, and the Conflicted Legacies of a Dutch Rescuer1 Introduction Jewish Women as Rescuers Background and Motivation to Rescue War, Rescue, and Resistance Religious Identity and Legacy Conclusion “Even if We’ll Lose” – Jews Saving Jews in the Netherlands Introduction Disobedience Jewish Council Workers Oosteinde Group Palestine Pioneers Summary The Palestine Pioneers and the Westerweel Group The Paviljoen in Loosdrecht A Born Rebel The Group’s Origins The Hiding Operation Their Own Way Reinforcements and New Ways Betrayal in Rotterdam To Spain Escape from Westerbork Infiltration in Paris Joop Westerweel’s Arrest and Its Consequences The Palestine Pioneers and the Persecution of the Jews France OSE Fieldworker: Madeleine Dreyfus I II III IV V VI VII Women in the Jewish Resistance in France Background The Holocaust in France The Jewish Resistance and Its Rescue Activities Women in the Jewish Resistance Stories of Women in the Jewish Resistance Mila Racine and Marianne Cohn Frida Wattenberg Sabine Roitman Renée Levy Gisèlle Roman André Chouraqui: The Earthly Vocation of an Underground Ferryman Introduction The Network of Rescuers in the Plateau Vivarais / Chambon Area The “School of Prophets” Ferrying Language, Culture, and the Sacred Resistance and Rescue Sharing the Human Condition Affirming Life in the Face of Destruction Italy and Greece The Work of DELASEM for the Rescue of Italian and Foreign Jews (1939–1945) Introduction The Different Contexts for the Reception of Refugees The Assistance Activities of DELASEM Notes on the Tuscan Reality Rome Conclusions Romaniote, Sephardic, and Mizrahi Jewish Rescuers in the Holocaust Jewish Rescuers in Athens and the Thessaly Region of Greece Rabbi Elias Barzilai Rabbi Moshon Pessah Rabbi Yitzhak Casuto Trikala Partisans Sarina Yehoshua, Buena Sarfati, and Leon Amar in Evia Sephardic and Romaniote Rescuers in Auschwitz/Birkenau, Bergen Belsen, Warsaw, and Beyond under Nazi German Occupation Western Europe Conclusion Rescue in Ghettos and Camps The Angel from Auschwitz: The Rescue Activities of Jacob “Jakitto” Maestro in Auschwitz1 Introduction Arrival in Auschwitz Jakitto’s Auschwitz Career The Rescue Operation Work in the Arbeitsdienst How to Survive in Auschwitz Rescue in Practice After the War “A Steadfast Spirit”: The Rescue Work of Surviving Ghetto Fighters after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Grass Roots Social Welfare in the Ghetto Youth Movements and the Formation of the Ghetto Underground The Remnants of the ŻOB and Rescue in Warsaw after the Revolt Jewish Physicians in Ghettos and Camps Who Rescued Jews during the Holocaust, 1939–1945* Introduction Rescue Activity in the Ghettos Physicians’ Rescue Operations in Hospitals Outside the Ghettos Rescue Activity in Camps Rescue Activity in the Forests Rescue Activity in the Gestapo Prisons Conclusions Saving Jews in Buchenwald and Auschwitz: The Story of Chaskel Tydor Introduction Beginnings The Early Nazi Years in Power Buchenwald 1939 Keeping His Friends Alive Auschwitz-Buna 1942 Saving Jews in Auschwitz-Buna Buchenwald 1945 Keeping Fellow Prisoners Alive The Heroic Personality Conclusions Other Areas of Rescue The Bernese Group: A Major Joint Polish-Jewish Rescue Operation Introduction Abraham Silberschein, Israel Eiss and the Latin American passports Ambassador Ładoś Intervenes to Overcome German Suspicions Shoah: Alarming News via the Secret Polish Transmitter Saving Rabbinic Leaders with Polish Help Polish Ambassador Ładoś versus Swiss Foreign Minister Pilet-Golaz Jewish Expressions of Thanks to Ambassador Ładoś Numbers Saved and Conclusions Jews Rescue Jews: Immigration and Illegal immigration during the Holocaust Introduction The Turning Point – Self Organizing to Escape: June 1941–1942 Aliyah Emissaries Return to the Field Conclusion Contributors Series index The Book All Our Brothers and Sisters: Jews Saving Jews During the Holocaust, composed of 18 chapters, focuses on the heroism of Jews throughout Europe who risked their lives to save their coreligionists under the Nazi rule.