The mystery diplomats who helped Jews escape Nazi death camps are finally having their story told
Archives reveal the untold stories of diplomats who helped Jews escape Nazi death campsBy Madeline Holcombe, CNNChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.The destination of those names was the Polish Legation in Bern, where diplomats would bribe a counsel to Paraguay for blank passports and forge them under the nose of the Swiss government.
"So the passport saved them from going to Auschwitz, the passport got them back to Amsterdam, and the passport let them continue working to make money after the war when they had lost everything," Fishman says. How it worked: Courage. Expertise. Contacts.Fishman's family wasn't alone, but the numbers of those who survived thanks to the passports forged by the Bernese group is one of the many questions still being investigated.
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