A special exhibition telling the story of Polish gentiles who saved Jews during the Nazi Holocaust opened Wednesday at the "Torch Institute" at Kibbutz Tel Yitzchak.
The exhibition describes the people who lived in region of Malofolska in southwest Poland, who risked their lives to help the Jews, and save them from extermination.
The assistance provided by these brave residents was provided in different ways: initial help by marking escape routes from the pursuing Nazi occupiers, providing food and a place to stay overnight, helping the Jews find work and a place to live, and finally, even issuing certificates of Aryan ancestry.
The exhibition is comprised of 48 panels that include many photographs of the Righteous Among the Nations. But the most honored place of all is reserved for those Poles who saved Jews and for various reasons did not receive the designation of Righteous Gentiles.
Among those launching the event are the Minister of Culture and Sport, Orly Froman, and Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hadamard Fabalk. It is also important to note that the exhibition is being shown Israel at the initiative of the Embassy of Poland and the Polish Institute of Israel.