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2024 Raoul Wallenberg Day

Wartime Civil Courage in Scandinavia

Local researcher and author Tore Jørgensen will tell you the story of hundreds of Norwegian policemen who refused to collaborate with the occupiers.

 


Norman Gladstone, long-serving volunteer leader of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, will speak about the inspiring rescue of Denmark's Jewish population from the Holocaust.

Sunday, January 21, 2024  /  1:30 pm

Congregation Beth Israel, 989 West 28th Avenue,, Vancouver, BC

Guest Speakers

Film

During World War Two, in German-occupied Denmark and Norway, dramatic events demanded that people exhibit Civil Courage to defy Nazi policies that threatened the human rights of countrymen.

 

"Passage to Sweden" tells the story of diplomats who saved Jews in Scandanavia and the rest of Europe.

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"Passage to Sweden" film

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Scandinavian Community Centre Library selected titles

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Jewish Independent

Celebration of Courage - an article by Gene Homel published in the Jewish Independent on January 12, 2024.

2024 Raoul Wallenberg Day Posters

Fraser Monthly Poster

English Poster

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