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The JFR provides financial support to Christian & Muslim rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust.

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous provides financial support to aged and needy non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust and preserves their legacy through a national education program.

10/30/2026

October 30, 1944

The last transport of Jews from Theresienstadt arrived at Auschwitz. 1,689 people were gassed

📷: Helena Husserlova, wearing a Jewish badge, posed with her daughter Zdenka shortly before their deportation to Theresienstadt

10/29/2026

In Oct 1939, Oskar Schindler (a German businessman) relocated to Krakow, , seeking to maximize financial opportunities. He later became an activist, arranging for 1,100 Jews to be saved by transferring to work at his factory, saving them

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10/28/2026

October 28, 1938

Approximately 17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany were expelled to Poland, where they were refused admittance. Most were stranded in the Polish border town of Zbąszyń

📷: View of Zbaszyn

10/28/2026

October 28, 1942

The first transport of Jews from Theresienstadt arrived at Auschwitz

10/26/2026

📚 From the JFR Library:

This month we recommend Saints and Liars: The Story of Americans Who Saved Refugees from the N***s by Debórah Dwork.

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10/23/2026

October 23, 1951

23 Jewish organizations and representatives from the government of gathered in New York to determine the pathway for negotiating reparations from Germany for the suffering and loss caused by N**i crimes during the Holocaust. The group established the Claims Conference (Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany)

📷: Claims Conference (Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany)

10/21/2026

STORY OF RESCUE

Henry Christen & his wife Ellen Margrethe were innkeepers in in 1943 when Hi**er began deporting the Jews of Denmark to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. They used their inn to facilitate the escape of nearly 1k Jewish refugees

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10/20/2026

October 1941

Construction began on the Majdanek concentration camp near Lublin

10/19/2026

October 19, 1933

Germany withdrew from the League of Nations

10/16/2026

October 16, 1943

Over 1,000 Jews were arrested in Rome and deported to Auschwitz

📷: Hanna Rawicz walking along a street in Rome with friends before she went into hiding in a convent

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80 Main Street
West Orange, NJ
07052

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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Website

http://www.jfr.org/

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