Category: World War 2

Mother Maria Skobtsova

Peacemaker Daniel Buttry profiles Mother Maria Skobtsova, recognized as an Orthodox Christian saint partly for her work rescuing Jews from the Holocaust.

Victor Frankl (1905-1997)

Peacemake Paul Dekar profiles Interfaith Peacemaker Victor Frankl, psychiatrist and author who wrote Man’s Search for Meaning after surviving the Holocaust.

Etty Hillesum

Peacemaker and author Daniel Buttry writes about the life of Etty Hillesum, a chapter from his book Interfaith Heroes.

Corrie ten Boom

(1892-1983) You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family. —Corrie Ten Boom During World War II a 50-year old single woman had a brick wall built through her bedroom to create a “hiding place” for Jews and other fugitives from the… Read more »

Dervis Korkut

Dervis Korkut was curator of books and manuscripts at the Sarajevo Museum in Bosnia. He was from a prominent Muslim family of liberal intellectuals. When Nazis occupied Yugoslavia during World War II Korkut spoke out about the anti-Semitic policies of the occupation. He saved a Jewish woman by allowing her to hide in his house, disguised as a Muslim servant. Later, Korkut also saved a Jewish cultural masterpiece, the Sarajevo Haggadah.