Category: World War 2

André Trocmé (1901-1971)

André Trocmé was the pastor of Le Chambon, France who took a stance against fascism during WWII. Le Chambon which became a safe space for Jewish refugees.

Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit

Imam Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit led a mosque-based resistance effort that provided shelter and travel assistance to as many as 1,700 French Jews during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II.

Albanian Muslims During the Holocaust

For many years the heavy curtain of Communism shrouded Albania from the view of the rest of the world. When that curtain was lifted in 1991 amazing stories emerged about the role of Albanian Muslims saving Jews during the Holocaust that swept across Nazi-occupied Europe.

Anne Frank

Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl whose diary told the story of her and her family hiding from the Nazis during Hitler’s reign. Her diary expressed a horror beyond words and at the same time brought a brilliantly simple articulation of hope to so many in despair.

Ernst Barlach

Ernst Barlach was a German artist and staunch pacifist during World War I. Barlach’s masterpiece Magdeburger Ehrenmal depicts the horrors of war.