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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
29 Mar 2005 08:44:20 AM |
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OT: Werner von Biel |
'An act of true friendship'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1447053,00.html
William Cook grew up having been told that his grandfather Werner von
Biel was everything a man ought not to be - a bad husband, a gambler
and a fraudster. Then he found out about Manfred Alexander, the Jew his
grandfather saved from the Nazis. Who knew the real Werner?
Tuesday March 29, 2005
The Guardian
I am holding in my hand a medal which I have just received on behalf of
a man I've never met. That man was my German grandfather, and the
medal, awarded to those deemed "Righteous among the nations", was given
to him posthumously by the state of Israel for saving the life of his
Jewish friend during the second world war. It felt strange flying from
London to the Israeli consulate in New York to collect an award for
someone I'd never known, except by family hearsay. But the strangest
thing of all was that until I chanced upon this odd, heroic episode,
I'd always thought my grandfather was everything a man ought not to be.
Werner von Biel
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