Every week of 2024 we feature a hero from our Rescuer Playing Cards. This week we feature Feng Shan Ho.

He saved Austrian Jews by stamping Chinese visas in their passports with the destination given as Shanghai. Jews from elsewhere in Europe followed suit and created a large refugee community. He said, "Seeing the tragic plight of the Jews, it’s only natural to feel deep compassion, and from a humanitarian standpoint, to be impelled to help them."

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Did you miss Who Will Write Our History? Good news...

By popular demand, we are extending the opportunity to register for the film and discussion until Monday, January 29 at 5 PM Eastern Time! See the award-winning film. Then view the dramatic presentation by Dr. Jud Newborn, founding historian of New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage. Please spread the word!

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Next week... a delightful film-and-discussion program

CURIOUS GEORGE ESCAPES THE NAZIS

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4

2 PM LOS ANGELES • 5 PM NEW YORK

Tickets by donation ($18 suggested) • 2024 Season Tickets available

See the movie version of Louise Borden's book The Journey that Saved Curious George. The delightful film Monkey Business: The Adventure of Curious George’s Creators explores the extraordinary lives of Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children’s books who were rescued from Nazi-occupied Europe on June 20, 1940 by our hero, Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Join filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki and historian Dr. Susan Zuccotti for a lively discussion. 

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A woman of uncommon courage...

HANNIE SCHAFT — DUTCH RESISTANCE HERO

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18

1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK

free program; registration required

Hannie Schaft, the “girl with the red hair,” was a university student when Nazi Germany occupied the neutral Netherlands in 1940. Over the next five years she risked everything — her education, her safety, her family, and her life — in order to shelter her Jewish friends and become one of the Most Wanted resistance fighters in the country. Join author Buzzy Jackson and interviewer Felix Pfeiffle to explore this little-known story.

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