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Peter Jablonski saved Jews during the Holocaust—but he wasn't widely recognized until today

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Jablonski, a Canadian Holocaust survivor who saved Jewish lives during World War II, is being posthumously honored in Israel despite not meeting Yad Vashem's criteria for Righteous Among the Nations. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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HolocaustYad VashemRighteous Among The NationsJewish National FundJewish HeroismJewish RescuersPeter JablonskiWalter SaltzbergB'nai B'rith InternationalHolocaust Recognition

Places mentioned

Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"Walter's family arranged to have him smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto on his own when the war broke out, and he hid at the home of a non-Jewish doctor for two years."
Jerusalem, Israel
"special Yom HaShoah ceremony in Jerusalem on Thursday, not at Yad Vashem."
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"where he anglicized his name from Wacek to Walter, and raised a family, had a successful career as a civil engineer in Manitoba."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"So I actually had the chance to honour him once with Yad Vashem and the Government of Ontario in Toronto."
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
"to Thornhill. To visit where Peter and Sabina lived, yeah."
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