Forgotten Heroes
Real people whose extraordinary courage history nearly forgot — 2 profiles
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Wilhelm Hosenfeld
Army Officer • Germany • 1895–1952
A German officer who saved Jewish lives from inside the Warsaw Ghetto. Died in a Soviet prison while those he saved fought for his release.…
Tags: Germany,Warsaw,righteous,compassion,Szpilman,rescue
Oskar Schindler
Industrialist • Germany • 1908–1974
Spent his entire fortune saving 1,200 Jews. Died penniless and buried in Jerusalem — the only Nazi Party member interred there.…
Tags: factory,Krakow,Auschwitz,Righteous Among the Nations,fortune