Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl and Gizi Fleischmann in Bratislava; George Mantello and Recha Sternbuch in Switzerland; Raoul Wallenberg, Per Anger, Giorgio "Jorge" Perlasca, Carl Lutz, Monsignor Angello Rotta in Budapest; Josef and Rivka Bau in Plashow; Chiune Sugihara in Lithuania; Hillel Kook (alias Peter Bergson) in New York; Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld and Nicholas Winton in Britain;
The list is small Their task is great To rescue Jews From their tragic fate In the darkness of the night They shine their light The courageous few With a sacred task To save the Jew. Boldly they step into the darkness They do not hesitate They will not, they cannot Leave the Jews to their dismal fate The Rescuers.... Let their names be inscribed forever In the Golden Book of Life Tell it to our children For generations yet to come How they saved tens of thousands of our people From the Nazi Gehinnom. So tell the world their story Their heroic feats make known Not for fame or glory, With them we were not alone SPOKEN: All over Europe When all hope of deliverance had gone Lights suddenly went on. In Slovakia, in Budapest In the East and the West The rescuers rose up The doomed Jews to wrest From the Nazi beast, Of humankind they were the best.
Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl and Gizi Fleischmann in Bratislava; George Mantello and Recha Sternbuch in Switzerland; Raoul Wallenberg, Per Anger, Giorgio "Jorge" Perlasca, Carl Lutz, Monsignor Angello Rotta in Budapest; Josef and Rivka Bau in Plashow; Chiune Sugihara in Lithuania; Hillel Kook (alias Peter Bergson) in New York; Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld and Nicholas Winton in Britain;
The list is small Their task is great To rescue Jews From their tragic fate In the darkness of the night They shine their light The courageous few With a sacred task To save the Jew. Boldly they step into the darkness They do not hesitate They will not, they cannot Leave the Jews to their dismal fate The Rescuers.... Let their names be inscribed forever In the Golden Book of Life Tell it to our children For generations yet to come How they saved tens of thousands of our people From the Nazi Gehinnom. So tell the world their story Their heroic feats make known Not for fame or glory, With them we were not alone SPOKEN: All over Europe When all hope of deliverance had gone Lights suddenly went on. In Slovakia, in Budapest In the East and the West The rescuers rose up The doomed Jews to wrest From the Nazi beast, Of humankind they were the best.
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