(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 »
Category: Europe
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.
Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
Irena Sendler was a Polish Catholic woman and member of the Żegota resistance who smuggled children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.
Evelyn Underhill
Peacemaker Daniel Buttry profiles mystic and pacifist Evelyn Underhill, the author of Mysticism and Worship and a prophetic influence to this day.
King John Sigismund & Isabella Jagiellon
(1540-1571) & (1519-1559) Each person [should] maintain whatever religious faith he wishes, with old or new rituals, while we at the same time leave it to their judgment to do as they please in the matter of faith, just so long as they bring no harm to bear on anyone at all. —Isabella Jagiellon Transylvania has… Read more »