Heroes Of The Holocaust

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In March 2010 twenty-seven Britons who took matters into their own hands to protect Jews from the Nazis during one of the darkest times in human history were formally recognised as Heroes of the Holocaust by the British Government. The silver medal inscribed with the words In the Service of Humanity was created to acknowledge those whose selfless actions preserved life in the face of persecution. Gordon Brown described the medals recipients who risked their lives to save those of Jewish friends or complete strangers as true British heroes & a source of national pride for all of us. They were shining beacons of hope in the midst of terrible evil because they were prepared to take a stand against prejudice hatred & intolerance. Some like Frank Foley a British spy whose cover was working at the British embassy in Berlin took huge risks issuing forged visas to enable around 10 000 Jews to escape Germany before the outbreak of war. Others like the ten British POWs who hid & cared for Hannah Sarah Rigler as she escaped from a death march showed great humanity in the face of horrendous cruelty & suffering. All the recipients of the award were ordinary people acting on no ones authority but their own who found they could not stand idly by in the face of this great evil. Heroes of the Holocaust" collects for the first time the remarkable stories of the recipients of the medal. Written by acclaimed Holocaust historian Lyn Smith it is a moving testament to the bravery of those whose inspiring actions stand out in stark relief at a time of such horror."