Museum honours Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust

[glo]

Great story:

When no other European country dared to withstand the wrath of Nazi Germany, it was the Muslims of Albania who saved a large number of Jewish people from extermination.

Albania, a Muslim majority country in Europe, opened its borders during World War II and took in thousands of Jews fleeing from different countries. They were treated like honored guests, and many were given fake names and even passports.

This little-known chapter of history is the focus of the photographic exhibition Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust , which kicked off in July at the Holocaust Museum Houston and continues through February.

The exhibition displays photographs taken by Norman Gershman, a Jewish photographer based in Colorado, who traveled to Albania in 2003 to research the topic.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6592238.html

 

[GuestFellow]

Hi,

Thanks for posting this. Not many books do mention the role that Muslims played. I never knew Jewish survivors received fake identities to protect themselves.

 

[aadil77]

a nice peice of news to stick in the faces of zionists

 

[Zafran]

salaam

Yep thanks for posting this intresting news

peace