Saving Even A Few

For John, BLUF:  Even a little bit is a lot in the face of adversary.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Stranger than fiction: Albert Battel and the Przemysl rescue during WW II

From Spin, Strangeness, and Charm, 11 March 2019.

Here is the lede plus one:

Sometimes one runs into a story that, if it appeared in a novel, would stretch credulity.

The following Jewish rescue story is not only true, but its protagonist, Wehrmacht Oberleutnant [1st Lt.] Albert Battel, was honored posthumously by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among The Nations” in 1981.  The Israeli lawyer and historian Zeev Goshen wrote a long and detailed article about the case in the Munich-based historical journal Vierteljahreshefte für Zeitgeschichte (freely: Contemporary History Quarterly).  https://www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/1985_3_5_goshen.pdf [in German].

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff