The Muslims Who Saved The Jews

This article highlighted below is the transcript of an interview with Norman Gershman.

Remarks:

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112384539&ft=1&f=1009http://api.npr.org/transcript?id=112384539

Host Liane Hansen speaks with photographer Norman Gershman about his book Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II, which is also the subject of a documentary called God's House. Greshman spent five years collecting stories of Albanian Muslims who harbored Jewish refugees during World War II.

---

During the Nazi occupation of Albania and Kosovo during the second World War, Jews facing persecution and death had a small group of seemingly unlikely allies - Muslims. Sixty-five people managed to save some 2,000 Jews, and have been honored by the Jewish Holocaust Memorial as righteous among nations.

---

Photographer Norman Gershman spent five years taking photos of them and collecting their stories. They've been published in a new book, "Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II." Mr. Gershman joins us from Aspen Public Radio in Colorado. Welcome.

Please note that in order to print background color, you will need to enable background color printing in your browser's settings.

OK