THE RIGHTEOUS OF : HEROES OF

by Meir Wagner

edited by Andreas C. Fischer and Graham Buik

Ktav Publishing House, Inc.

a Table of Contents

Introduction xi Acknowledgements xv Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust xvii Foreword: Federal Councilor Joseph Deiss xix National Councilor Francois Loeb xxi Statement by Herbert Herz xxiii The Chairman of the International Committee of xxv Speech given by Yitzhak Mayer xxvii Speech given by Andre von Moos xxxiii Speech given by Federal Councilor Joseph Deiss xxxvii Preface: Dr. Herb London xxxix List of the "Righteous Among the Nations" of Swiss Nationality xl Defenders of the Oppressed and Accomplices in Uniform Marcel Pasche 1 The Freedom-Giving Lady of Frankfurt Frieda Impekoven 17 "Whoever Saves One Soul..." Arthur and Anne Schneeberger 20 viii The Righteous of Switzerland: Heroes of the Holocaust

Unrelenting Struggle to Rescue the Innocent Ernest Prodolliet 23 The Mother of the Refugees Gertrud Kurz 30 The Police Captain with a Conscience Paul Griininger 32 Standing Up to the Vichy Regime Maurice and Eleonore Dubois 57 The Loving Guardian of La Hille Castle Rosli Naef 67 Masterminding the Escape Renee Farny 77 A Helping Hand to Freedom Gret Tobler 85 The Man Who was More Than a Teacher Sebastian Steiger 87 Over the Border Against the Law Anne-Marie 1m Hof-Piguet 100 A Tireless Team on the Freedom Trail Fred and Lilette Reymond 109 The Third Combatant Marcel Junod 114 Rallying a Town to Stand Up to the Oppressor AugustBohny 119 The Ingenious "Milk Churn" Rescue Operation Friedel Bohny-Reiter 125 The Quick-thinking Nun of Sacre-Coeur Convent Jeanne Berchmans (Marie Meienhofer) 130 Persona Non Grata Rene Burkhardt 136 The Protestant Pastor who Protected the "Property of God" Hans Schaffert 137 "Children, Thank the Almighty, You Are Saved!" Albert Gross 141 Tata, the Toddlers' Guardian Angel Martha Schmidt 146 The Pastor and His Wife Who Never Said No to Refugees Roland and Jacqueline de Pury 150 Table of Contents IX

Navigating in Treacherous Waters Karl Kolb and Vladimir von Steiger 153 The Bible-Coded Letters That Slipped Past the Censors Daniel Curtet 156 "An Angel With a Flaming Sword" Paul and May Calame-Rosset 159 The Social Worker—and Passionate Secret Resistance Fighter Rene Nodot 163 The Courageous Consul in Besieged Budapest Carl Lutz, Gertrude Lutz, Peter Ziircher 167 The Visionary Emissary of Hope Jean de Bavier 193 The Red Cross Official Who Knew No Fear Friedrich Born 195 The Courageous Nun of the Sacred Heart Convent Hildegard Gutzwiller 205 The Good Samaritan's Summerhouse Refuge William and Laure Francken 210 In the Devil's Lair Jean-Edouard Friedrich, Roland Marti, Pierre Descoeudres, Robert Schirmer 217 Triumphs and Tragedies in the Life of a Schlepper Emile Barras 223 Six Weeks in Jail, That Others Could Live Free Ernest Wittwer 231 Not Taking "No" for an Answer Georges Dunand 234 Volunteering for Theresienstadt Paul Dunant 238 The Legendary Liberator of Mauthausen Louis Haefliger 240 The Secretary's Dual Role Harald Feller 243 The Painstaking Priest Who Made Escape-Planning an Art Charles-Jean Bovet 256 The Righteous of Switzerland: Heroes of the Holocaust

The Heroes of "No-Man's-Land" Arthur and Jeanne Lavergnat 258 Epilogue 263 Bibliography 265 About the Author 268