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Holocaust Memorial Museum San Antonio
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Northwest Side, San Antonio
"kindness and compass shone brightly for the six survivors"(3 Tips)
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An unusual Holocaust documentary has brought near-capacity afternoon crowds to the Laemmle Town Center 5 for almost a week. Learn about the 107-year-old star, a Jehovah's Witness: http://bit.ly/UFpQDH
- A Jewish girl is hidden by a troupe of circus performers. But when she falls for a clown named Peter, can she stay hidden unde the bright lights? Read this touching true story: http://on.fb.me/RRp1Zr
- Two butchers in the tiny town of Buzancais share recipes, small talk, & customers. But neither knew they shared an incredible secret. Both men hid Jewish children from the Nazis: http://bit.ly/TKsM0F
- When Nazis demanded the names of Jews, Greek Orthodox Bishop Chrysostomos gave a list of only 2: his & the mayor’s. At war’s end, all of Zakynthos’s Jews were alive. Learn more:
- Two families - one Christian, one Jewish - are seperated by a ghetto wall. Yet amid the surrounding fire and violence, a romance blooms, and a family is saved. Read more:
- A boarding school in Brussels hid Jewish children among their students. But a midnight raid and the arrest of the headmaster put everyone's lives in danger. Would they survive?
- Jan Lipke, a port worker with a kind heart, rescued nearly one fourth of the Jews that survived on Latvian soil. Learn how he and his wife achieved the impossible: http://on.fb.me/T8q6yB
- A midnight escape from a truck heading toward death. A chance meeting in the market. Two boy's lives will be changes forever, but one will not survive. Read this true story: http://on.fb.me/UAyGYZ
- In 1941 a covenent held 9 nuns...and 17 members of the underground resistance. But when the boys left the safety of the mother superior's halls, would she follow them into danger?
- Nazi soldiers at the door, illegal newspapers on the table, & a Jewish refugee hiding beneath the floor boards. Can Kees Veenstra's mother keep her family safe? Read more:
- Three boys, born hundreds of miles apart, are brought together during WWII when they are hidden in one Ukrainian monstary. But would theirs be a story of shared hope? Or tradegy? http://bit.ly/V3de9D
- The wife of an enemy of the state, Milena Herbenova still hid a Jewish child when her parents were taken. But could she keep both Eva and her own son safe? Read this true story: http://on.fb.me/ZiCZrI
- Henriette Voute managed to spirit dozens of children out of the Crèche in potato sacks, milk cans, and laundry bags. But would she survive the war? Read this true story here: http://on.fb.me/SQaYES
- Though Shmuel Eliraz's childhood was marked by five tragedies, it wa also shaped by helping hands that guided him, time and again, to safety. Read his incredible true story here:
- Oskar Schindler is a famous hero of the Holocaust, yet he grew up a hedonist & a gambler. Learn about his inspiring transformation, & how he risked his life & his fortune here: http://bit.ly/hRjzOw
- Nobel Prize winner Roald Hoffmann spent more than a year hidden in a neighbor's attic, watching other children play through a tiny window. Read the amazing story of his rescue:
- A father who escaped deportation & returned to the resistance. A mother who forged papers to become a spy. Yet in many ways their son's story was most inspiring of all. Read it:
- Stephan Ross was prisoner of ten different camps before an American liberator saved him. 30 years later, he went on Unsolved Mysterious looking for his hero. Did he find him? http://bit.ly/SlBoeL
- In 1944, a sixteen year old maid from Bekescsaba becama hero. But could she keep the Jewish family that once employed her safe? Read this touching true story here:
- The Jedwabne massacre marks one of history's darkest hours. But one family's kindness and compass shone brightly for the six survivors of that terrible night. Read the true story: http://bit.ly/Wwe4wD
- Under a brutal regime's watch, an unusual package was delivered in Zagreb in 1942. Inside lay a baby & a note: Please take her to my cousin Blanka Fuerst. Read this true story:
- A kind Russian family took in an injured Jewish orphan. But as the family members were arrested and prosecuted one-by-one Lev began to wonder if their sacrifices would be in vain.
- Heroic social worker Marion Pritchard rescued 150 Jews & even shot a Dutch policeman who unexpectedly returned to her house following a raid. Did she escape? Read more:
- Once an ardent supporter of Germany, Dimitar Peshev defied the Prime Minister & took a political stand that cost him his role in Parliament. Would it also cost him his life?
- It would take ten people - priests, farmers and noblemen - to keep the Rotenberg children safe. Learn about their miraculous survival, and their touching post-war connection here:
- As Lidia Stolowicki lay dying, her Catholic nanny made her a promise. She would care for her employer’s Jewish son & to take him to Israel after the war. Would she keep it?
- She dressed members of the aristocracy celebrities, but Marie Louise Carven's greatest accomplishment was saving a family of 7 during the Holocaust. Read the amazing story: http://bit.ly/10UZxPf
- A pro-German resident tells Elsinore police he saw a group of Jewish refugees. The Jews are arrested, but a stunning twist & a secret boat sets them free. Read the true story: http://on.fb.me/UkN3uc
- A Swiss police officer saves more than 3.600 Jews, even buying many winter coats. But his defiance would cost him his job, his pension, and his reputation. Would he die a hero? http://bit.ly/T8Tnp2
- In the hours before her arrest, Irena Sendler buried a list of hundreds of Jewish children hidden in her city. The children were safe, but could a bribe save her life as well? http://bit.ly/oNsy1V
- This is the true story of a young Jewish woman rescued by Baptist villagers, and of a girl whose faith earned her the nickname "Saint Feodosiya." Read the inspiring account here: http://bit.ly/UNyotN
- A Portugese consul toiled for 3 days to issue more than 1,500 visas to Jews in need, but died dishonored by his country for his actions. Could his children restore his good name? http://bit.ly/cvFY1D
- After the 1942 massacre in Skawina Ms. Abrahamer & her 12-year-old daughter fled to Warsaw homeless & destitute. She turned to a stranger, a former soccer star. Would he help? http://bit.ly/amCaKz
- Another wonderful Express / News piece on the Holocaust Memorial Museum: Museum Shows Students The Importance of Taking a Stand Against Bullying. Read more: http://bit.ly/uft7yt
- A woman with one of history's most famous lovers defies her family & country to save the lives of Jewish friends. Would they be captured crossing the border? Read this true story: http://bit.ly/TGnsAq
- A lynch pin of the underground resistance, Antonina Kulakovskaya forged documents for rescued Jewish friends. But would she break under the brutal interrogations of the Nazis?
- In 1942, a Jewish family makes the hard decision to part, relying on the kindness of friends. They wrote to each other constantly, but would they reunite at the wars end?
- Midst city walls covered in graffiti warnings to rescuers, a Muslim wife stood unwilling to turn away her Jewish friends. 50 years later fate would allow the favor to be returned: http://bit.ly/H3JU11
- Many know of Miep Gies from The Diary of Ann Frank. But few know that her braverly and kindess did not end when the Franks were arrested. Read her inspiring true story here:
- An SS officer suspected that the boy Olga Sramkova claimed was her son was actually Jewish. But would his resemblance to the officer's child save his life - and his protectors? http://bit.ly/SlHaPk
- In 1943, the Grootegast Military Police were ordered to round up Jews. All refused, & all were sent to death camps. But one man escaped. Would he one day pay the ultimate price? http://bit.ly/10EzNY6
- A lonely child, Donia Rozen spent much of her youth exploring the forest.But when her family is killed, her knowledge of nature & a kind old woman will keep her alive. Learn more: http://bit.ly/U05fZS
- Austrian Anton Schmid risked his life, using army trucks to carry Jews to safety & hiding others in his apartment. He provided critical intelligence to the Jewish resistance. http://on.fb.me/Xo5wN9
- In 1943, a janitor's cellar holds a heroic secret. Eleven Jews survive on one man's rations, hidden from daylight for 500 days. Would they all live to liberation? Find out
- A devout Baptist family in Vohlynia turns to the Bible for guidance during WWII. Inspired by what they read, they take in two Jewish families, risking their lives for strangers:
- A Jewish family in Vilna is smuggle out of the ghetto one by one. But can their rescuers overcome political, religious, & ethnic differences and dangers to keep them safe?:
- An old friendship grows deeper during WWII, as stolen identifies and forged papers keep Jakub Rotman alive. Learn about the bond that withstood Nazi hate and grow to love here:
- An old Jewish woman is wounded in both legs, & left to die in the forest. She survives a week before a young Soviet partisan finds her, & refuses to leave her. Will they survive?. http://bit.ly/QNEzB0
- The Khomut family lived for 18 months hidden in a haystack beneath their friend's threshing floor. But when the German army seized the house, would their location stay a secret? http://bit.ly/USO4tR
- An office romance blossoms, but during WWII the interfaith couple is torn apart:.one sent to the ghetto, the other to a camp. Will they find a way back to each other? http://bit.ly/TlfERb
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Holocaust Memorial Museum San Antonio
12500 NW Military Hwy (Wurzbach)
San Antonio, TX 78231
United States
San Antonio, TX 78231
United States
The HMMSA is dedicated to educating our community about the dangers of hatred, prejudice & apathy.
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- 9:00 AM–Noon
(210) 302-6807
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