Irena Sendler

  Raoul Wallenberg

Did you know I was nominated for a Nobel Prize twice?

Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat and humanitarian. Before the war, he studied design and business and traveled to Palestine, South Africa, and the United States. This helped him see the world in a new way. In 1944, he became a diplomat in Hungary. -H.S

From South Africa

to America

From Sweden

to Palestine

From Palestine 

to South Africa

From America 

to Hungary

At the height of the Holocaust, Wallenberg bravely started a massive rescue effort. He protected passports and set up safe homes to keep thousands of Jews from being sent to concentration camps. He persisted in his endeavors despite the continual danger to his life until Soviet forces captured him in January 1945. Although Wallenberg's fate is still unclear, his charitable deeds save lives today. - H.S

This is a photo of 

Wallenberg helping 

Hungarian Jews

   Corrie ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom was a caring Christian from the Netherlands. She was the first licensed female watchmaker in the country and helped people in need. She started a youth club and founded a home for people with mental challenges. -R.B

During the war, Corrie ten Boom and her family joined the Dutch resistance, hiding Jews in their home and saving around 800 lives. They were eventually discovered, leading to Corrie's imprisonment in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Despite great suffering, she survived and devoted her post-war life to spreading a message of forgiveness and hope. Corrie ten Boom's bravery and compassion remain an inspiration. - R.B

A photo of the Ravensbrück concentration camp

      Ruth Gruber

Before the war, Ruth Gruber, an accomplished American journalist, and author, demonstrated her remarkable intellect and passion for social justice. Born in 1911, she achieved academic excellence, earning a Ph.D. in German literature at a young age. Her journalistic career allowed her to report on diverse subjects, but her assignment to cover the plight of Jewish refugees would shape her path and make a profound impact. - R.B

Did you know I graduated from New York University at eighteen?

 Ruth with Jewish Refuges