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  • The man who survived the Holocaust by living behind a wall

    “Hope and perseverance helped me survive,” says professor Shevah Weiss. Professor Shevah Weiss was born in Boryslaw, Poland, in 1935, into a Polish-Jewish family. Rescued during the German occupation of Poland, he emigrated to Palestine in 1947. He eventually became a professor of political science at the University of Haifa in 1975. He was Speaker of […]

  • In the Nazi-Fascist persecution, an Italian village became “House of Life”.

    The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation gives recognition to the Church of San Pedro, in the Terzone di Leonessa locality, where its inhabitants risked their lives to welcome a Jewish family When the Nazi-fascist persecution intensified in 1943 and 1944, a mountain village in the center of Italy became a “House of Life” to welcome a […]

  • How two Polish doctors outsmarted the Nazis by engineering a fake typhus outbreak

    The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation is searching for survivors or their relatives to document this incredible story During the Nazi occupation of Poland, two physicians, Dr. Eugene Lazowski and Dr. Stanisław Matulewicz, managed to save 8,000 people from forced labor camps by fooling the Nazis into believing an outbreak of typhus was spreading across the […]

  • Palermo archbishop overwhelmed with emotion as synagogue returned after 524 years

    Recognition by the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation of Monsignor Corrado Lorefice In the end, he was not able to hold his tears. The archbishop of Palermo failed to repress the emotion when receiving the Medal of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, for the return of the synagogue that was expropriated 524 years ago to the […]

  • The Catholic Church returns site of the Palermo synagogue to the Jewish community: a historic gesture of reconciliation

    The Raoul Wallenberg Foundation acknowledges the Archbishop of Palermo’s gesture Yesterday, June 29, at the archiepiscopal palace in Palermo, Archbishop Corrado Lorefice received the Raoul Wallenberg medal. At the beginning of this year, on January 12, 2017, Archbishop Lorefice announced to the local Jewish community that the Oratory of Saint Mary of the Sabbath would […]

  • My friends Joe and Vicki protected Jews from the Nazis

    The Ulmas’ great “crime” was loving their neighbors through Christ. Now they’re in my Catholic Hall of Fame I’ve often heard we should develop a “personal relationship” with Jesus Christ. I have tried to understand this, and have grasped at this relationship, seeking to develop and embrace it. But it doesn’t feel natural to me: […]

  • On the road to sainthood: Family of 9 murdered for hiding Jews in Poland

    The beatification process is underway for the entire Ulma family of nine. Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, along with all seven of their children, were murdered for hiding Jews during World War II. Earlier this year the Vatican allowed the cause for their beatification to be conducted separately from that of a group of Polish martyrs. […]

  • La storia incredibile della falsa “malattia K” che salvò gli ebrei dai nazisti

    L’Ospedale dei Fratelli di San Giovanni di Dio riconosciuto come “Casa di Vita” Il nome era terribile, ma la “malattia K” non era un virus letale, ma la geniale invenzione del professor Giovanni Borromeo e dei religiosi dell’Ospedale dei Fratelli di San Giovanni di Dio (Fatebenefratelli), situato sull’isola Tiberina a Roma, per salvare la vita […]

  • The incredible story of the false “K disease” who saved Jews from the Nazis

    Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of God recognized as “House of Life” The name was terrible, but the “K disease” was not a lethal virus. It was the great invention of Professor Giovanni Borromeo and religious of the Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of God, located on the Tiber Island in […]

  • A Jew survived the Holocaust thanks to a nun for saving his life and dignity

    When he was 15, Piero Piperno found shelter in the Monastery of Santa Brigida in Rome. The Mother Superior, Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad, respected his Jewish religion. Today the monastery is a “House of Life”. If Piero Piperno is alive today it is thanks to a little sister who welcomed him into the convent in Rome. […]

  • In Search of the “Houses of Life” That Rescued People During War

    When persecution drew close to their doors, thousands of people were saved in the twentieth century by “Houses of life.” Those human beings, or their children, are alive today thanks to those rescuers who sometimes risked their own lives. To remember those “Houses of life” and their “rescuers,” the Board of Directors of The International […]

  • What’s Keeping St. John XXIII From Being Declared “Righteous Among the Nations”?

    Everyone agrees he was a great friend of the Jewish people and saved many lives. So what’s the hold-up? On May 13th, 2014, the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) will hold a special and unprecedented session to be devoted to the memory and legacy of Angelo Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) who was recently canonized by Pope Francis. […]

  • Historical Recognition of John XXIII by Israeli City

    Ashdot City dedicated a street to Angelo Roncalli and Raoul Wallenberg Ashdod, one of the oldest cities in the world, and currently Israel’s largest port, will dedicate one of its streets to Angelo Roncalli, Pope John XXIII (1881-1963), in recognition of his work to save a large number of Jews during World War II. The […]

  • Jewish friend of Pope Francis: “[He] stood out for his closeness to minorities”

    “He wore a normal jacket and used public transportation, but at the same time, he is a very cultured man” “I am moved,” said Baruch Tenembaum, founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, an Argentine Jew and longtime personal friend of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis I. Temembaum, a pioneer of interreligious dialogue amongst Christians, Muslims […]