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Roberts Seduls (February 20, 1906 – March 10, 1945) and Johanna Sedule (1910–1987) were the family of the Righteous among Nations (recognition date: December 2, 1981) who saved eleven Jews in Liepaja during the Holocaust in Latvia. [1] [2]
Among the sheltered was a woman with a three-year-old daughter, Ada. Seduls arranged her shelter with Otilija Schimelpfenig, a widow of German descent. In 2000s Ada applied for the Righteous among Nations for Otilija Schimelpfenig, [1] [3]granted on April 26, 2006. [4]
Roberts Seduls was killed during a Soviet air raid. His wife continued to care for the rescued Jews. [1] [2]
The diary of one of the rescued, Kalman Linkimer, originally written in Yiddish, was translated in English. [5] [6]
References
- ^ a b c Seduls Robert & Sedule Johanna, Yad Vashem collections
- ^ a b In Cellars, Pits and Attics Robert and Johanna Seduls, Yad Vashem exhibitions
- ^ Robert and Johanna Sedul, Otilija Schimelpfening, Yad Vashem stgories
- ^ Otilija Schimelpfenig Certificate of Honour, Yad Vashem files
- ^ "The Linkimer diaries", The Baltic Times, February 2, 2005
- ^ Rebecca Margolis, The Linkimer diary: How 11 Jews survived the Holocaust, 2008
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Righteous Among the Nations |
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Roberts Seduls (February 20, 1906 – March 10, 1945) and Johanna Sedule (1910–1987) were the family of the Righteous among Nations (recognition date: December 2, 1981) who saved eleven Jews in Liepaja during the Holocaust in Latvia. [1] [2]
Among the sheltered was a woman with a three-year-old daughter, Ada. Seduls arranged her shelter with Otilija Schimelpfenig, a widow of German descent. In 2000s Ada applied for the Righteous among Nations for Otilija Schimelpfenig, [1] [3]granted on April 26, 2006. [4]
Roberts Seduls was killed during a Soviet air raid. His wife continued to care for the rescued Jews. [1] [2]
The diary of one of the rescued, Kalman Linkimer, originally written in Yiddish, was translated in English. [5] [6]
References
- ^ a b c Seduls Robert & Sedule Johanna, Yad Vashem collections
- ^ a b In Cellars, Pits and Attics Robert and Johanna Seduls, Yad Vashem exhibitions
- ^ Robert and Johanna Sedul, Otilija Schimelpfening, Yad Vashem stgories
- ^ Otilija Schimelpfenig Certificate of Honour, Yad Vashem files
- ^ "The Linkimer diaries", The Baltic Times, February 2, 2005
- ^ Rebecca Margolis, The Linkimer diary: How 11 Jews survived the Holocaust, 2008
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